UMass offers a one credit Winter Traveling Dairy Management course.
Course description - This course is conducted collaboratively with other New England Land Grant institutions. Students and faculty collectively tour dairies and dairy related facilities during the first week in January. UMass students meet with the faculty advisor for a series of weekly discussion sessions to talk about each of the destinations.
The 2018 itinerary included touring:
Conant’s Riverside Farm - Richmond, Vermont
St. Albans Cooperative Creamery - St. Albans, Vermont
Manning Farm - St. Albans, Vermont
Paul-Lin Farm - East Fairfield, Vermont
Borderview Farm - Richford, Vermont
Miner Institute - Chazy, New York
The Miner Institute is an educational research institution that manages both an equine and dairy herd in Chazy, New York and offers three diverse internship opportunities for students interested in agriculture.
Green Mountain Dairy - Sheldon, Vermont
Shelburne Farms - Shelburne, Vermont
Fairmont Farms - East Montpelier, Vermont
Lucky Hill Farm/McReynolds Dairy - Danville, Vermont
Hill View Farm/ Henry and Allison Pearl’s Brown Cow Dairy - Danville, Vermont
Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory, Waterbury, Vermont
Two University of Vermont Cream students toured the group through their new dairy facility on Spear Street in South Burlington.
Billings Farm - Woodstock, Vermont
Veterinary and Animal Sciences