Every
year, the SDSU Dairy Club plans a spring trip, usually to the annual Midwest
ADSA convention, wherever it happens to be taking place. This year,
however, the
Dairy Club hosted the ADSA convention, therefore they were
able to pick a different location for the spring trip. After much planning,
seventeen
members and two advisors flew to California in early March to tour many
dairies and see much of the state.
Two highlights of the dairy tours included visits to the Van Exel Dairy
and Ocean View Dairy. With one of the club’s own members as the
tour guide, they were able to see more than ten dairies ranging from
300 cows to 10,000
cows, tour San Francisco, visit Yosemite National Park, see the Pacific
Ocean, and the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. The six day trip allowed
the members
to see the many different ways and techniques used to run a dairy. The
students also visited Point Reyes Blue, whose cheese maker, Monte McIntyre
is a SDSU
graduate. The tour created opportunities for students majoring in dairy-related
fields to create connections and contacts for their future careers.
