In the News - May 2009
Pizza Ranch shows kids where food comes from
LITTLE ROCK - Some 1,500 fourth-graders from central Arkansas schools will
learn that dinner starts on the farm, not on their table. That's the message
they'll receive Tuesday, May 12, at Domino's Pizza Ranch at Barton Coliseum in
Little Rock.
"Pizza Ranch will teach kids not only where food comes from, but also how
it's grown, how it's processed and the nutritional value of the ingredients in a
pizza," said Dr. Jodie Pennington, extension dairy specialist with the
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.
This is the tenth year for the program. It will be from about 9:00 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. at the coliseum at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds.
"The purpose is to promote an awareness of dairy products and other food
groups in the diet. Most of our grade school kids are now coming from urban
areas, and this is just to get them exposed to more of the agricultural
production side of the food chain," said Joy Buffalo, Pulaski County extension
agent.
Experts will teach groups of students about ingredients in a pizza. The
students will sit at three stations for 30-minute talks on wheat/dough then
vegetables/sauce, meat and milk and cheese.
Afterward, they'll drink milk and chow down on a tasty pizza provided by
Domino's Pizza. Event sponsors other than the University of Arkansas Cooperative
Extension Service include: Southwest Dairy Museum of Sulphur Springs, Texas;
Coleman Dairy, Yarnell's Ice Cream, Arkansas Beef Council, Arkansas Dairy
Cooperative Association, Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board and Arkansas State Fair.
For more information, contact Pennington at (501) 671-2190 or
jpennington@uaex.edu. The Cooperative Extension Service is part of the U of
A Division of Agriculture.
May 8, 2009
Media Contact: Lamar James
Extension Communications Specialist
U of A Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
(501) 671-2187
ljames@uaex.edu
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