“Smile and say cheese!” exclaimed Lindsay Young, aiming a camera at the gathered audience at the Ward O'Hara Agricultural Museum as she stepped to the podium while still competing for the title of the 2006 Cayuga County Dairy Princess.
Jason Rearick / The Citizen
Former Cayuga County Dairy Princess Tiffany Green passes her title to Lindsay Young, during a ceremony at the Old Ways Days at the Ward O'Hara Agricultural Museum.
Former Cayuga County Dairy Princess Tiffany Green passes her title to Lindsay Young, during a ceremony at the Old Ways Days at the Ward O'Hara Agricultural Museum.
Little did she know she had already been selected to wear the crown which would be announced moments later.
Earlier in the day she and three other candidates had vied for the title before the judges at Springside Inn. At a brunch, held in their honor, Katelyn Minde, Heidi Dougherty, Molly O'Hara and Young delivered their thoughts on all things dairy and how they would help promote the industry if selected to the position.
“June is Dairy Month which is when we elect our new court,” said Kelli Morgan, a past Princess and current co-owner of a dairy farm in Union Springs. “One of the princess's first duties is to present the first baby born in June at the Auburn Hospital with a basket full of dairy related gifts and information. This is her first time out promoting the dairy industry even though she may have been an ambassador prior to becoming princess.”
Having captured everyone's attention with the click of her camera, Young, 16, went on to explain why -A-Day,” the dairy industry's slogan for three servings of milk, cheese and yogurt is important to her.
“Did you ever wonder why cheese has always been associated with smiling?” she asked the crowd. “Cheese and many other dairy products have been making people smile for centuries!”
Young was raised on her parent's dairy farm in Union Springs, and though milk doesn't flow through her veins, the urge to educate children on the advantages of dairy products is of the most importance to her.
“My goal is to visit a lot of schools, especially those with elementary age children so that I can educate them about milk. Today there are a lot of children who feel milk is bad for you. I want to change that belief.“ Young targets many sources for the spreading of these “milk myths,” one being the written word.
“There are magazines that promote diets which tell you not to include milk products because they will make you fat. I hope to get people to understand this is not true,” she said.
Young has done her research and coupled with her life-long experiences on the farm she tackles issues with the facts.
“Children especially have seen an increase in obesity and schools are struggling with how to best address this situation,” Young told her rapt audience. “Three servings each day of dairy products has now been found to help weight control. You might think this news is too good to be true - how do dairy products help lose weight? The mix of nutrients found in dairy foods, especially calcium, is beneficial in helping the body break down and burn fat.
“In my school, we have a milk vending machine with flavored milks for sale,” she continued. “These are very popular and are a much better choice than soda or flavored waters which are also sold. Did you know that kids will choose milk more often and drink more of it at school when it is served cold, in plastic bottles and in great flavors? This is important news for schools as they try to provide a majority of the 3-A-Day for children.”
Another concern of Young's is the visible decline of contact people of all ages have with the farming industry.
“Young children don't seem to know much about dairy farms or dairy products,” the bubbly brown-eyed princess claims. “It used to be that most adults had some connection with a local dairy. They would've worked on one or visited one on occasion. Now, visitation to dairy farms seems to be a non-frequent event in schools and therefore children are growing up with very little knowledge of farming and dairy products.”
For two years Young was a dairy ambassador which afforded her the opportunity to make classroom visits on behalf of the industry.
“I visited an elementary school and read a book about farming and how we get milk,” she recalled. “The children asked a lot of good questions and loved the cheese sample we gave out. We also stressed the importance of eating three dairy servings a day, which I think they'll remember because of the yummy cheese they had.”
With a final “Cheese!” exclamation and quick blast from her camera's flash, Young stepped from the podium. Twenty minutes later no one had to ask for her smile, it spread across her face instantly when her new position as the 2006 Dairy Princess was announced.
Earlier in the day she and three other candidates had vied for the title before the judges at Springside Inn. At a brunch, held in their honor, Katelyn Minde, Heidi Dougherty, Molly O'Hara and Young delivered their thoughts on all things dairy and how they would help promote the industry if selected to the position.
“June is Dairy Month which is when we elect our new court,” said Kelli Morgan, a past Princess and current co-owner of a dairy farm in Union Springs. “One of the princess's first duties is to present the first baby born in June at the Auburn Hospital with a basket full of dairy related gifts and information. This is her first time out promoting the dairy industry even though she may have been an ambassador prior to becoming princess.”
Having captured everyone's attention with the click of her camera, Young, 16, went on to explain why -A-Day,” the dairy industry's slogan for three servings of milk, cheese and yogurt is important to her.
“Did you ever wonder why cheese has always been associated with smiling?” she asked the crowd. “Cheese and many other dairy products have been making people smile for centuries!”
Young was raised on her parent's dairy farm in Union Springs, and though milk doesn't flow through her veins, the urge to educate children on the advantages of dairy products is of the most importance to her.
“My goal is to visit a lot of schools, especially those with elementary age children so that I can educate them about milk. Today there are a lot of children who feel milk is bad for you. I want to change that belief.“ Young targets many sources for the spreading of these “milk myths,” one being the written word.
“There are magazines that promote diets which tell you not to include milk products because they will make you fat. I hope to get people to understand this is not true,” she said.
Young has done her research and coupled with her life-long experiences on the farm she tackles issues with the facts.
“Children especially have seen an increase in obesity and schools are struggling with how to best address this situation,” Young told her rapt audience. “Three servings each day of dairy products has now been found to help weight control. You might think this news is too good to be true - how do dairy products help lose weight? The mix of nutrients found in dairy foods, especially calcium, is beneficial in helping the body break down and burn fat.
“In my school, we have a milk vending machine with flavored milks for sale,” she continued. “These are very popular and are a much better choice than soda or flavored waters which are also sold. Did you know that kids will choose milk more often and drink more of it at school when it is served cold, in plastic bottles and in great flavors? This is important news for schools as they try to provide a majority of the 3-A-Day for children.”
Another concern of Young's is the visible decline of contact people of all ages have with the farming industry.
“Young children don't seem to know much about dairy farms or dairy products,” the bubbly brown-eyed princess claims. “It used to be that most adults had some connection with a local dairy. They would've worked on one or visited one on occasion. Now, visitation to dairy farms seems to be a non-frequent event in schools and therefore children are growing up with very little knowledge of farming and dairy products.”
For two years Young was a dairy ambassador which afforded her the opportunity to make classroom visits on behalf of the industry.
“I visited an elementary school and read a book about farming and how we get milk,” she recalled. “The children asked a lot of good questions and loved the cheese sample we gave out. We also stressed the importance of eating three dairy servings a day, which I think they'll remember because of the yummy cheese they had.”
With a final “Cheese!” exclamation and quick blast from her camera's flash, Young stepped from the podium. Twenty minutes later no one had to ask for her smile, it spread across her face instantly when her new position as the 2006 Dairy Princess was announced.
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