Food Service within Daviess County Public Schools is dedicated to serving nutritious meals to help promote healthy lifestyles as a means of helping our students become their best versions of themselves and doing our part to put kids first!
Riney Farms is a owned & operated fruit
Riney Farms is home to 400 acres of farmland.
Riney Farms is currently run by Keith Riney.
Visitors are always welcome!
Riney Farms also raise cattle. family has been farming for over 160 years!
Riney Farms is located in Owensboro, Kentucky
Kentucky is home to 672 apple orchards
Rowan, Warren & Harlan counties grow the most apples in all of Kentucky.
21% of all harvested apples are juiced.
36
apples makes 1 gallon of cider.
The U.S. is home to approximately 322,000 acres of apple orchards. Most apples are harvested & sold fresh.
2,500+
varieties of apples are grown in the U.S.
Apples are one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits.
Apple trees take at least 4 years to start producing fruit. An apple blossom is the flower that comes from an apple tree.
Most apples are picked by hand.
Kentucky is home to around 1,300 acres of sweet corn.
The U.S. is the LARGEST producer, consumer & exporter of corn in the world.
Humans only eat sweet corn
3 types of corn grown in Kentucky: field corn, sweet corn & popcorn. Corn is grown on EVERY continent except Antarctica.
In many other countries, corn is called “maize
1 corn stalk produces 1 - 3 ears of corn
Corn stalks can grow between 7 – 10 feet tall.
An ear of corn ALWAYS
There are around 800 kernels on each ear of corn. field crop.
Most of the tomatoes grown in Kentucky are grown for fresh market sales
1. Cherry
2. Grape
3. Roma
Americans grow tomatoes in their own garden.
Tomatoes take 60 - 100 days to grow from seed to fruit.
season crop that LOVE the sun.
Both winter & summer squash are grown in Kentucky.
Examples of winter squash are acorn & butternut.
Around 500 million pounds of squash is grown in the U.S. each year.
Examples of summer squash are yellow, zucchini & scallop.
All squash are related to melons! Winter squash has much harder skin than summer squash.
1 acre of land could grow around 11,000 squash!
Winter squash takes to mature after being planted.
Kentucky is home to around 45,000 dairy cows. Kentucky produces around 926 MILLION pounds of milk per year.
Nearly 98% of U.S. dairy farms are family owned & operated. ALL 50
Breeds of Dairy Cows:
1. Ayrshire 2. Brown Swiss 3. Guernsey 4. Holstein 5. Jersey 6. Milking Shorthorn
Holstein cows all have a unique pattern of spots!
1 cow produces around 6 gallons of milk per day.
The U.S. produces ~21 BILLION gallons of milk each year.
Milk is the source of ALL dairy products! Cows can SEE almost 360 degrees and SMELL up to 6 miles away!
