United Dairy Industry of Michigan
The United Dairy Industry of Michigan (UDIM) is the umbrella organization for the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council of Michigan. These non-profit organizations provide dairy product promotion and nutrition education services on behalf of funding members.
What's New!
Milk from Farm to Table!

Attention 3-5th Grade Teachers:
Have you seen our new Milk from Farm to Table DVD? It contains everything your students want -and need- to know about where one of Michigan's most widely produced agricultural products comes from, and how it travels from farm to table.
Concepts addressed in the Milk from Farm to Table DVD include:
- Cows and their physical characteristics and basic needs.
- The farm, the environment, natural resources and recycling.
- Consumers, producers, people and jobs.
- Technology, equipment, and the process of milk-making.
- Dairy Nutrition.
Below are five classroom worksheets to use as a follow after viewing the DVD:
*Click to view .PDF or right click and "Save link as" to download to your computer.
- Making Milk
- Dairy Jobs
- Getting to Know Cows
- Healthy Dairy Foods
- Milk Math (This worksheet is geared more toward 5th grade math but can be done by 4th graders near the end of the school year.)
Breakfast Grant Opportunity
Looking to expand your breakfast program? General Mills and National Dairy Council are offering the Breakfast Grant Program. Applications are being accepted between June 3, 2013 and July 26, 2013. Go to www.fueluptoplay60.com for more information.
Chocolate Milk: Nature's Sports Drink Grant

Your high school athletes could be the next Michigan Chocolate Milk Mustache Celebrities!
If your high school athletes aren't powering up with low-fat chocolate milk, then this is a great opportunity to get started! Chocolate milk is 'Nature's Sports Drink', and provides many important nutrients needed for overall health, including calcium, potassium, and vitamin D.
To view/print a copy of the application and to learn more about United Dairy Industry of Michigan's "Chocolate Milk: Nature's Sports Drink" grant opportunity, please use the links below:
Milk: Nature's Sports Drink Grant Flyer
Milk: Nature's Sports Drink Grant Application
Seventy-five (75) fall, winter and spring high school sports teams in Michigan will be rewarded with cash to purchase low-fat chocolate milk for their team to replenish after practices and games for the entire season (cash value determined by size of team), up to two soft-sided wheeled cooler bags for easy milk transport, prizes, nutrition education materials to use for the promotion of Chocolate Milk: Nature's Sports Drink, and a professional print of the teams' chocolate milk mustache photo!
Act Now! Applications MUST be postmarked by May 17, 2013.
Milk Cooler Offer
United Dairy Industry of Michigan wants to make sure that even the last student in the school meal line has ice cold milk. Click here for more information!



