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Raise your Glass to World School Milk Day on the 25th September 2024

To celebrate World School Milk Day on the 25th of September, the National Dairy Council (NDC) is delighted to announce it will run a webinar which will teach school children across Ireland the benefits of drinking school milk. The aim of World School Milk Day is to highlight the importance of milk in providing essential nutrients for school children.

 

The webinar which is 30 minutes long will feature a host of educational activities aimed specifically at school children including an interview with a school participating in the School Milk Scheme, an interview with a dairy farmer, a talk from Louise Reynolds, Dietitian with the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute and a cooking demonstration with cookery teacher Lisa Davies.

 

The EU School Milk Scheme is run in Ireland by The National Dairy Council in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, and plays a key role in helping children to meet the Department of Health’s recommended daily servings of dairy, as part of a healthy balanced diet. Participating children receive daily portions of milk and the scheme is supported by educational resources.

 

The scheme is available to all primary and secondary schools. Schools that register for the School Milk Scheme receive two weeks of milk free.

 

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine –  Charlie McConalogue said

“World school milk day promotes Ireland’s grass-based production system and promotes the benefits of dairy in a healthy balanced diet.

I wish to acknowledge the great work that the NDC does in running the EU school milk scheme in Irish schools on behalf of my Department, making available subsidised milk to all our schoolchildren. The health benefits to our children of such school programmes cannot be underestimated.  I would encourage all eligible schools to register for the School Milk Scheme so that pupils in schools can benefit from affordable milk that will encourage children to adopt healthy eating choices at a young age”. 

 

Dr Mary Harrington, Senior Nutritionist with NDC said

This is the second year that we have held a webinar for schools on World School Milk Day and it is a fitting way to celebrate and educate schoolchildren both from rural and urban areas on the workings of a dairy farm – to experience where our nutritious milk comes from. It also provides an excellent opportunity to showcase the nutritional benefits of dairy and highlight to children the significant health benefits of including dairy in their diet, and a habit to carry into to their adult life”.

 

25,000 children from all over Ireland logged into the webinar last year on World School Mild Day and we hope for the same this year.

 

Please click here to register for the Webinar.

 

For further information on the webinar please contact Cathy Curran, NDC on 086 8777 664. For further information on the Moo Crew programme, please visit www.moocrew.ie.

 

 

ENDS

 

Note for Editors

World School Milk Day is held all over the world on the last Wednesday of September every year to celebrate the benefits and success of school milk programmes. The first World School Milk Day was celebrated in September 2000 and has since become an annual event promoted by the FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations).

 

About the National Dairy Council

The National Dairy Council (NDC) champions the role of quality pasture-based dairy and its nutrition benefits in supporting healthier, more active living. The private farmer-funded marketing agency works to promote and protect Ireland’s dairy reputation at home and abroad and believes in a future in which Irish dairy is recognized and trusted as a vital part of people’s diet and general health across the life stages, indispensable to Ireland’s social and economic wellbeing.

 

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