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Breakfast Summits Focus on Milk, Encourage School Sales
New York Ag Connection - 05/21/2018

This spring, ADA North East conducted three breakfast summits throughout the region to motivate school districts to achieve school-wide student success through various wellness platforms.

The summits are designed to educate school decision-makers on the many programs that help student achievement and boost graduation rates within the district - including Breakfast in the Classroom, Breakfast After the Bell and Fuel Up to Play 60. Breakfast programs have proven to increase dairy sales in schools, and are a win-win for the students who benefit nutritionally and academically, and for the farmers because more milk is being sold in schools.

Three summits were held in Pittsburgh, Pa., and in Rochester and Westchester, N.Y. A dairy farmer attended each event to help attendees make the connection between farm and food, and to further cement the relationships with ADA North East. Local health and school officials also participated in each event.

Marie Canon, Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program board member and dairy farmer from West Middlesex, Pa., talked with the group at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.

"Continuing to work together is a recipe for success, and on behalf of ADA North East and all dairy farmers, I look forward to watching our children flourish," Canon said.

Former Pittsburgh Steeler Chris Hoke shares chocolate milk with students at the Pittsburgh Breakfast Summit.

Barb Hanselman of Del-Rose Farm in Bloomville, N.Y., attended the Westchester Breakfast Summit.

"As a dairy farmer, I think it's important to stay connected with our schools and their decision-makers to keep dairy a priority in schools," said Henselman.

Former New York Jets player Tony Richardson talks to students about Fuel Up to Play 60 at the Westchester School Breakfast Summit.

Karen Koerner of East Koy Valley Farm, Pike, N.Y., participated in the Rochester Breakfast Summit.

"We're very fortunate that our schools see the importance of a healthy start to kids' day -- and for their continued support of including dairy as a part of the in-school breakfast programs," she said.


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