{"id":81821,"date":"2017-06-15T17:29:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T21:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=81821"},"modified":"2017-06-15T10:45:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T14:45:01","slug":"byrne-dairy-sponsors-the-real-milking-cow-exhibit-at-rosamond-gifford-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=81821","title":{"rendered":"Byrne Dairy sponsors \u201cThe Real Milking Cow\u201d exhibit at Rosamond Gifford Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Byrne Dairy\u2019s Senior Management team came to the zoo to unveil Byrnsie, \u201cThe Real Milking Cow\u201d
exhibit they sponsored at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Pictured from left are Friends of the Zoo President Janet Agostini with Byrne Dairy executives CEO Fred Sadeghi , CFO Paul Hatty, Sales and Marketing Director Kate Byrne, CTO Nick Marsella, General Counsel Jim Gosier , Zoo Director Ted Fox, and Byrne Dairy Attorney Ryan Elliott.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Byrne Dairy has partnered with the Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo to sponsor \u201cThe Real\u00a0Milking Cow\u201d exhibit. The specially built Holstein cow is designed to educate zoo-goers on the art of milking a cow. Byrne Dairy has decided to name the exhibit \u201cByrnsie\u201d after the beloved cow that is prominently featured on many of the company\u2019s products.<\/p>\n

Byrnsie was recently installed in front of the zoo\u2019s Contact Barn where she has become a major attraction among zoo visitors who enjoy petting and milking her. Byrnsie comes equipped with an internal pump system, which ensures a constant flow of water to her udder so zoo-goers can learn how to extract milk from a cow using nothing but their hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cByrnsie represents a sizeable sponsorship on the part of Byrne Dairy, and she is a wonderful\u00a0addition to our Contact Barn, where zoo visitors learn about farm animals up close,\u201d said Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo President Janet Agostini. \u201cThe folks at Byrne Dairy responded immediately when we asked them to partner with us on this new exhibit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of the children who come to the zoo have never even seen a cow, much less\u00a0experienced milking one,\u201d said Zoo Director Ted Fox. \u201cThis is a great educational tool that teaches kids where their milk comes from in an interactive way. We are grateful to Byrne Dairy\u00a0for partnering with us and sponsoring Byrnsie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Byrnsie is part of a five-year partnership between the Friends of the Zoo and Byrne Dairy, which will include a series of educational events hosted by Byrne Dairy at the exhibit. The first event will celebrate National Dairy Month on Saturday, June 24. Byrne Dairy representatives will be\u00a0on hand to offer free samples of ice cream and quiz the public on dairy trivia from noon to 2\u00a0p.m. Future \u201cDairy Day\u201d events will celebrate other significant yet often overlooked dairy holidays.<\/p>\n

Byrne Dairy CEO Fred Sadeghi said the company views Byrnsie as well as the Dairy Day events\u00a0as a fun way to educate the public about the importance of dairy farming and food\u00a0manufacturing in modern society.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to offer zoo-goers an educational perspective about life on the farm, current dairy\u00a0farming practices, and how the milk that comes from a cow eventually makes its way into a lot of delicious and nutritious dairy products,\u201d Sadeghi said.\u00a0\u201cFewer Americans than ever are engaged in farming and agriculture, yet many remain interested in where their food comes from,\u201d he added. \u201cByrne Dairy views this exhibit as a fantastic opportunity to connect the dots for many zoo-goers and provide them with a deeper\u00a0appreciation of the purpose and role of dairy cows in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Byrne Dairy has partnered with the Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo to sponsor \u201cThe Real\u00a0Milking Cow\u201d exhibit. The specially built Holstein cow is designed to educate zoo-goers on the art of milking a cow. Byrne Dairy has decided to name the exhibit \u201cByrnsie\u201d after the beloved cow that is prominently featured on many of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23679,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agfarming","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}