National Ice Cream Month This July

(St. Louis, MO) Members of the St. Louis Dairy Council remind you that July is National Ice Cream Month with National Ice Cream Day coming up Sunday, July 17th. A Nutrition Educator at the Dairy Council, Kelsy Hulcher, says Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month in 1984 because he recognized ice cream as a fun and nutritious dessert option.

Hulcher adds 9 percent of all milk produced by dairy farmers in the United States is used to make ice cream.