Dairy Council of California

Dairy Council of California provides free nutrition education programs to California children and adults through teachers and health professionals. In addition, the Dairy Council of California provides a Mobile Dairy Classroom, a free outdoor assembly with a live cow. The organization also provides consumers with nutrition information through a website, HealthyEating.org.

The Dairy Council of California strives to help consumers make food choices that match individual values[1] and contribute to optimal health. Nutrition education efforts use a total diet approach inclusive of all five food groups identified in the USDA MyPlate food guidance system (grains, vegetables, fruits, milk and meat and beans).[2][3]

Dairy Council of California currently has about 45 employees in four offices in California. The headquarters office is in Sacramento, California. In 2007-08 Dairy Council of California reached over 10 million Californians through classroom and after-school nutrition education programs, Mobile Dairy Classroom, health professional counseling and Meals Matter website.[4]

As a state government entity, Dairy Council of California is funded by California's dairy farmers and milk processors through assessments collected by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.[5]

  1. ^ Hoolihan, L. Nutrition Today. 38(6):225-231, November/December 2003.
  2. ^ [1] Archived December 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005. Washington, DC". U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Government Printing Office. 2005. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ^ Dairy Council of California Annual Report, 2007-08.
  5. ^ "Dairy Council Law, (Chapter 1 of Division 22 of the California Food and Agricultural Code" (PDF). Cdfa.ca.gov. 1995. Retrieved 21 December 2014.