It’s time to celebrate milk — real milk, that is. World Milk Day, an event established by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) back in 2001 to recognize the importance of milk as a global food, will take place on June 1.
According to the Rosemont, Ill.-based Global Dairy platform, the special day aims to celebrate the dairy sector’s important contributions to “good food, health and nutrition; farmers caring responsibly for their communities, the land and their animals; sustainability practices in the dairy sector; [and] how dairy contributes to economic development and livelihoods.”