How we get our milk All our delicious dairy products start with the milk, and milk, of course, starts with the cow! Click for a printable picture

Cows eat grass, hay and grain Just as drinking milk and eating right helps keep you healthy, eating grass, hay and grains helps cows stay healthy. And healthy cows product the best milk! Click for a printable picture

Cows are milked by machine Today, cows are milked by milking machines. It doesn’t hurt them at all, and it helps us make sure we get the best and cleanest milk possible. Click for a printable picture

Trucks deliver the milk... The milk is then put into refrigerated trucks that keep it cool and protected during its trip to the processing plant. Maybe you’ve seen some of these big milk trucks on the road. Click for a printable picture

To processing plants Here the milk is tested, processed and packaged in different sizes and varieties like whole milk, 2 percent, 1 percent and non-fat. Which is your favorite? Click for a printable picture

Then it's delivered to the grocery stores As soon as they’re ready, all those cartons and jugs of milk are loaded onto more trucks and shipped to your local grocery store. Click for a printable picture

Shoppers like you buy it The milk is kept in a cool section of the store to keep it as fresh as possible for when your mom or dad comes to the store to buy it! Click for a printable picture

Mmmmmm milk! Finally, the best part — you get to enjoy a cold glass of delicious, healthy milk! Now wasn’t that worth the wait? Click for a printable picture