Mobile Dairy Experience, Giant Inflatable Cow Come to Schuylerville
A giant inflatable cow visited the Schuylerville School District campus to promote the Mobile Dairy Experience exhibit. Photo via the Schuylerville Central School District.
SCHUYLERVILLE — The New York Animal Agriculture Coalition’s Mobile Dairy Experience exhibit spent two days on the Schuylerville Central School District campus last week, allowing students to learn about dairy farming, environmental sustainability, technology, and marketing. To promote the event, a giant inflatable cow visited Schuylerville as well.
Schuylerville High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) members directed and led presentations inside the Mobile Dairy Experience for their elementary peers. During the 20-minute walk-through, students learned about the dairy industry from calf to cow, as well as careers in agriculture. At the end of the 1,000 square feet exhibit, students visited a grocery store section with a cooler full of dairy products and interactive barcode scanners.
“They’re becoming exposed to a bigger picture of agriculture,” said Hannah King, Schuylerville FFA President, in a statement. “The Mobile Dairy Experience gives students a different perspective on the dairy industry: how these animals are living, what they are producing (including their milk and their manure), and what we do with that milk. The exhibit also has a section on different careers in agriculture, which I think is really great for kids to learn about.”
Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner and Assemblymember Matt Simpson also visited the Mobile Dairy Experience at Schuylerville and engaged with FFA student leaders.