Fun Facts

Osteoporosis — the bone-weakening disease that affects many older persons — actually begins in childhood.

The average American consumes 21 pounds of ice cream per year.

Jersey cows produce milk that is slightly higher in fat content than other breeds.

The average cow spends 6 hours each day “chewing her cud.”

Milk is the most closely monitored and most heavily regulated food in the grocery store

In 2010, Washington ranked 3rd in milk production per cow among the 50 United States.

The ice cream cone was invented at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.

Cows have no upper teeth. They curl their tongues around grasses and pull them off, swallowing them unchewed. Digestion takes place in their four stomachs.

High blood pressure (hypertension) can be reduced by consuming low-fat dairy products.

Dairies can be found in 29 Washington counties.  About 70% are in western Washington and about 30% are in eastern Washington.

Dairy processing plants first began to use paper cartons to package milk in 1906.

There is no scientific evidence that chocolate milk makes kids hyperactive.

 

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