IOWA DAIRY STORY The Northeast Iowa Community-Based Dairy Foundation, a grassroots organization that includes dairy farm families and industry professionals, partners with Iowa State University Extension to educate youth of Northeast Iowa about the importance of dairying and dairy products through a program called Iowa’s Dairy Story. The Iowa Dairy Story hones in on a target audience of third, fourth and fifth grade children and their teachers. The program not only includes interactive nutritional information on the value of dairy products in a healthy diet, but it also takes students on the journey of how green grass becomes milk in their glass with the help of true economic engines - dairy cows. This program rates high with teachers and students, of which over 10,000 have visited the Dairy Center for the Iowa Dairy Story. The program is guided by volunteers, Dairy Center staff and Iowa State University Extension personnel who lend their first-hand dairy experience to bring the Iowa Dairy Story to life.