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September 16, 2016
People & Places
Dietitian presents dairy’s case
Crystal Wilson
provides ‘thought
leaders’ with facts
about milk products
Western
Innovator
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Crystal Wilson
Title: Vice president of
health and wellness, United
Dairymen of Idaho
Professional: Registered
dietitian; master’s degree
in adult and organizational
learning and bachelor’s
degree in food and nutrition,
University of Idaho
Background: Born and
raised in Jerome, Idaho
Family: Husband, Chance;
three children, 14, 11 and 9
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Crystal Wilson, vice president of health and wellness for the United Dairymen of Idaho. “I believe in
dairy products,” she says.
emy and also for our organiza-
tion.”
Wilson, 42, who has degrees
in food and nutrition and adult
and organizational learning,
worked in child nutrition for
almost 20 years.
“Crystal is fabulously tal-
ented,” said UDI Chief Exec-
utive Oficer Karianne Fallow.
“She is one of the most respect-
ed dietitians in the state (and)
we’re lucky to have her.”
At UDI, Wilson’s job is to
get science-based facts about
dairy into the hands of the pub-
lic.
One way she accomplish-
es that is by arming so-called
thought leaders with informa-
tion. That includes educators,
child nutrition experts, health
professionals, coaches, athletic
directors, physicians and oth-
ers who inluence large num-
bers of people when it comes
to diet.
“Our approach is to go to
those thought leaders who work
with consumers every day,” she
said. “Who do you trust? You
trust your physician, you trust
your dietitian, you trust your
coach, you trust your teachers.
Going to those individuals and
arming them with the informa-
tion is our approach.”
Wilson grew up in Ida-
ho’s Magic Valley, the center
of the state’s dairy industry.
Though she didn’t live on a
dairy farm, she spent a lot of
time on a family friend’s dairy
operation, moved irrigation
pipe, bucked hay bales and
raised some starter cows.
She recommended dairy
products to her students be-
fore she joined UDI, and said
her current job is a great it for
her.
“I would not work for
an organization if I didn’t
believe in the products that
they represent,” she said. “I
believe in dairy products.
I recommended (them) be-
fore I started working here.
I feel as a dietitian, my
dream has come true as far
as what I get to do every
day.”
Wilson also hosts interns
from universities as a way to
introduce future dietitians to
the dairy industry. “I think it’s
a great career for a dietitian to
look into in the future,” she
said.
Oversized Holstein vies for ‘tallest bovine’ title
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) —
Holy cow! A giant, one-ton
Holstein steer who loves to eat
bread and romps like a puppy at
a Northern California zoo is vy-
ing for the title of tallest bovine
in the world.
The Holstein, named Dan-
niel, measures 6 feet, 4 inches
from the hoof to the withers,
Established 1928
Board of directors
Mike Forrester ..........................President
Steve Forrester
Kathryn Brown
Sid Freeman .................. Outside director
Mike Omeg .................... Outside director
Corporate oficer
John Perry
Chief operating oficer
By SEAN ELLIS
BOISE — One of the Idaho
dairy industry’s top priorities is
providing the public with accu-
rate, science-based information
about dairy nutrition and its
role in a balanced diet.
Dietitian Crystal Wilson,
United Dairymen of Idaho’s
vice president of health and
wellness, is in charge of carry-
ing out that mission.
Getting accurate nutrition
information about dairy to the
public “is tremendously im-
portant to our industry,” said
Gooding dairyman Steve Bal-
lard, a UDI board member.
“(Crystal’s) really great at ig-
uring out ways to get that infor-
mation out to the public.”
Wilson was recently select-
ed as president-elect of the Ida-
ho Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics, which represents the
state’s 576 registered dietitians.
She said the position is a
good it for both groups. The
mission of the academy is to be
the premier source of reliable,
objective food and nutrition in-
formation in Idaho.
“That’s a very similar mis-
sion for (UDI), so those two
missions align very closely,”
she said. “I think it will create
great opportunities for the acad-
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a smidge taller than the cur-
rent record holder, the Eureka
Times Standard reported.
A veterinarian and his keep-
ers at the Sequoia Park Zoo in
Eureka, California, measured
Danniel to conirm his height,
but Guinness World Record has
yet to verify the measurement.
According to the Guinness
website, the tallest bovine ever
was Blosom, a cow from Oran-
geville, Illinois, that measured
6 feet, 2 inches.
Blosom died last year at the
age of 13.
Owner Ann Farley says
Danniel is a gentle giant who
loves hay and bread and acts
like a puppy, trotting over to
whoever calls his name.
“He’s a handful to keep
penned but he’s part of the fam-
ily,” Farley said.
Caring for the giant steer
can be a challenge, said Aman-
da Auston of the Sequoia Park
Zoo, adding that Danniel eats
about 50 pounds of hay every
day and produces up to 150
pounds of manure a day.
“It’s a small enclosure so we
have to pick it up all the time,”
she said, “I would like him to
have more room to wander
around and graze and do some
more natural behavior.”
The Farleys are looking
to ind Danniel a permanent
home.
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By ALICIA CHANG
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LOS ANGELES — A decade ago,
California vowed to dramatically slash
greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
With the nation’s most populous
state on pace to meet that target, Gov.
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