The St. Louis Dairy Council is almost through their most momentous month of the year with June being National Dairy Month. Kelsey Bentlage, Nutrition Educator for the St. Louis Dairy Council has spent the month highlighting the benefits of dairy and milk in citizens' diets, and the history of the pasteurization of milk 100 years ago.

Bentlage and the dairy council have been recognizing the storied past of milk and how in 2024 milk is the state beverage of 22 states, as well as the dairy farming industry and the dedicated farmers who work around the clock to maintain a happy herd.

Milk contains 13 essential vitamins and Bentlage dives deeper into the nutritional value of dairy in diets,

Bentlage explains ways you can thank your local dairy producers other than outright saying thank you. Purchasing a new dairy item is one way to give back to the efforts made to get that dairy into the store.

Learn more about National Dairy Month with the St. Louis Dairy Council by clicking here.

Kelsey Bentlage appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.