ADISON - What's the state drink of Wisconsin? What fruit does Wisconsin grow more of than any other state? If you answered "milk" and "cranberries" - you are ready to Build a Healthy Wisconsin along with local fourth-graders.
Green County Dairy Queens along with Angie Edge from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board led the interactive Building a Healthy Wisconsin classroom lessons in Green County during the week of Feb. 25. The sessions highlighted the impact of agriculture on the state's economy and agricultural products' contribution to a healthy diet.
Lively activities taught that the state's agriculture industry, especially dairy farming, is vital to both the economic and nutritional health of Wisconsinites. This year's educational tour visited fourth-grade classrooms across the county, including Albany, Argyle, Belleville, Brooklyn, Hollandale, Juda, Monroe, Monticello and New Glarus. Last week's campaign reached nearly 550 Wisconsin fourth-graders at 11 different area schools. The Green County Ag Chest, along with WMMB, provided each class with cheese samples, dairy food fun books, Wisconsin pencils and a handout of the Wisconsin agricultural map.
"We are enthusiastic about this proven educational program," said Edge, regional program manager of Wisconsin Dairy Council (WDC). "Building a Healthy Wisconsin is a fun, action-packed nutrition lesson. It's structured to complement the basic fourth-grade Wisconsin curriculum and to expand students' knowledge about agriculture, nutrition and exercise."
Edge said the program is based on a colorful Wisconsin map designed to showcase the state's leading agricultural products. As students solve riddles with a correct agricultural product or exercise answer, puzzle pieces depicting foods and exercise are added to the map - all part of Building a Healthy Wisconsin.
The classroom sessions include a viewing of one of two WMMB videos, Farm to Family or Dairy Cows: Keeping Wisconsin Green. Accompanying exercises challenge students' mathematical skills by teaching, for example, that the state's dairy business contributes $20.6 billion each year to Wisconsin's economy or that more than 40 percent of Wisconsin agriculture jobs employing more than 160,000 people are related to the dairy industry.
The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, a nonprofit organization funded by the dairy farmers of Wisconsin, promotes the consumption of milk and other dairy products. Wisconsin Dairy Council is the nutrition education department of WMMB.
Green County Dairy Queens along with Angie Edge from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board led the interactive Building a Healthy Wisconsin classroom lessons in Green County during the week of Feb. 25. The sessions highlighted the impact of agriculture on the state's economy and agricultural products' contribution to a healthy diet.
Lively activities taught that the state's agriculture industry, especially dairy farming, is vital to both the economic and nutritional health of Wisconsinites. This year's educational tour visited fourth-grade classrooms across the county, including Albany, Argyle, Belleville, Brooklyn, Hollandale, Juda, Monroe, Monticello and New Glarus. Last week's campaign reached nearly 550 Wisconsin fourth-graders at 11 different area schools. The Green County Ag Chest, along with WMMB, provided each class with cheese samples, dairy food fun books, Wisconsin pencils and a handout of the Wisconsin agricultural map.
"We are enthusiastic about this proven educational program," said Edge, regional program manager of Wisconsin Dairy Council (WDC). "Building a Healthy Wisconsin is a fun, action-packed nutrition lesson. It's structured to complement the basic fourth-grade Wisconsin curriculum and to expand students' knowledge about agriculture, nutrition and exercise."
Edge said the program is based on a colorful Wisconsin map designed to showcase the state's leading agricultural products. As students solve riddles with a correct agricultural product or exercise answer, puzzle pieces depicting foods and exercise are added to the map - all part of Building a Healthy Wisconsin.
The classroom sessions include a viewing of one of two WMMB videos, Farm to Family or Dairy Cows: Keeping Wisconsin Green. Accompanying exercises challenge students' mathematical skills by teaching, for example, that the state's dairy business contributes $20.6 billion each year to Wisconsin's economy or that more than 40 percent of Wisconsin agriculture jobs employing more than 160,000 people are related to the dairy industry.
The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, a nonprofit organization funded by the dairy farmers of Wisconsin, promotes the consumption of milk and other dairy products. Wisconsin Dairy Council is the nutrition education department of WMMB.