Category: Success Stories
Meet Monica: New York Teacher Who Guides Student-Led Dairy Drive to Address Food Insecurity
August 18, 2025Meet Monica: New York Teacher Who Guides Student-Led Dairy Drive to Address Food Insecurity
This story is part of a series of “meet & greets” with individuals who use our Adopt a Cow program to inspire you with the endless ways you can incorporate the program in the classroom and beyond! Monica Chamberlain, a sixth-grade teacher from New York, is not only passionate about agriculture, but she works to…
Meet Dave: Ohio Teacher Who’s Inspiring the Teachers of Tomorrow
This story is part of a series of “meet & greets” with individuals who use our Adopt a Cow program to inspire you with the endless ways you can incorporate the program in the classroom and beyond! While teaching students is important, educating the future teachers who will one day serve these students is equally…
Meet Maryssa: Texas Elementary Teacher Who Supports Students With Agriculture Therapy Program
This story is part of a series of “meet & greets” with individuals who use our Adopt a Cow program to inspire you with the endless ways you can incorporate the program in the classroom and beyond! Maryssa Adams teaches pre-k through 5th grade in a Title 1, urban school district in Texas. After noticing…
Meet Andrea: Illinois High School Teacher Who’s Helping Students Overcome Failed Classes While Building Real Connections With Dairy Farmers
This story is part of a series of “meet & greets” with individuals who use our Adopt a Cow program to inspire you with the endless ways you can incorporate the program in the classroom and beyond! Andrea Napier, a high school teacher from Illinois, has a challenging, but rewarding role: she helps high school…
Meet Eva: Bus Driver From Southwest Ohio Who Adopted a Cow for Her Bus
This story is part of a series of “meet & greets” with individuals who use our Adopt a Cow program to inspire you with the endless ways you can incorporate the program in the classroom and beyond! Eva Cundiff, a bus driver for West Carrollton City Schools in Southwest Ohio, has multiple bus routes and…
Meet Naomi: Fifth-Grade Special Education Teacher in Connecticut
This story is part of a series of “meet & greets” with individuals who use our Adopt a Cow program to inspire you with the endless ways you can incorporate the program in the classroom and beyond! Naomi Niemann may have grown up on a dairy farm, but not all of her students are familiar…
Meet Paula: Cafeteria Manager in Tennessee Elementary School
This story is part of a series of “meet & greets” with individuals who use our Adopt a Cow program to inspire you with the endless ways you can incorporate the program in the classroom and beyond! Paula Satterfield works in food services at a Tennessee elementary school cafeteria. We sat down with her for…
Maine Teacher Makes Fascinating Connections Between Local Ecosystems and Dairy Farming
August 15, 2024Maine Teacher Makes Fascinating Connections Between Local Ecosystems and Dairy Farming
Dairy farmers rely on a wide range of skills on a daily basis, but especially math and science. Lacey Todd, a fifth-grade science teacher at Mountain Valley Middle School in Maine, has been weaving dairy farming and agriculture into her science and ecosystems curriculum through Discover Dairy’s Adopt a Cow program. “I was at a…
Oregon School Cafeteria Adopts a Cow to Get Students Excited About Drinking Milk
What does it look like when an entire school cafeteria adopts a calf from a dairy farm? For Lynne Shore, Nutrition Services Director at Willamina School District in Oregon, she made this a reality for the 800 students (K-12) her cafeteria serves. After planning a farmer’s markets for students a year earlier, Lynn and her…
Sixth-Grade Teacher Brings Science and Social Studies to Life Through Dairy Connections
February 28, 2024Sixth-Grade Teacher Brings Science and Social Studies to Life Through Dairy Connections
For Julie Cates, a sixth-grade teacher who teaches middle school curriculum in the central valley of California, the Discover Dairy and Adopt a Cow Programs have given her a creative outlet to not only meet some of her lesson standards, but help her students connect with the community around them. Through free lessons, videos and…