BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 9, 2024
Two of the Holstein calves born on an Old Town farm this fall will receive thousands of letters from schoolchildren across Maine. Throughout the academic year, kids will learn math and literacy with dairy-themed projects, get photos of and even video chat with the calves they “adopt.” This national “Adopt A Cow” program, organized by an array of dairy promotion councils across the Northeast and Midwest, was brought to Maine by the Dairy Promotion Board two years ago. Organizers hope it will reconnect children with agriculture and create future farmers as public and private groups across the state work to promote Maine’s strained dairy industry.