How to Celebrate Cow Appreciation Day
There are a lot of ways that it’s possible to get involved with and celebrate Cow Appreciation Day. Have fun with some of these:
Eat Some Chicken
When it was started, Cow Appreciation Day was a time when every Chik-Fil-A store around the nation would give a free entree for those who dressed up as a cow and came into the store that day.
While this was a roaring success for many years, the logistics eventually became too much for the company and the event is no longer celebrated in such a way.
However, that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be fun to still dress up as a cow, take some photos and post them on social media, just for fun.
And certainly, Chik-Fil-A would still be happy to receive many customers on this day or any day throughout the year.
Visit Some Cows
Why not hug a cow? For those who are lucky enough to live close to a cattle farm, why not pay a visit? It might be fun to spend some time close with these animals, showing appreciation for them on the best possible day!
Of course, these cows probably don’t know that there is a day just for them, but it’s still possible to make them feel like this is the case by giving them some much-deserved attention.
Support Local Dairy Farmers
Another great way to celebrate Cow Appreciation Day is to celebrate and support local dairy farmers. Why not take a trip to a local farm shop and make a purchase from there instead of buying groceries from a branded supermarket?
Perhaps go out of your way to make sure that the local farmer in the area knows how much all of their hard work and effort is appreciated. After all, it is always good to make people feel nice, no matter the date or occasion, right?
Learn More About Cows
Take Cow Appreciation Day as an opportunity to spend some time finding out more about these animals. Cows are emotional and social creatures.
They tend to form tight bonds with family and friends. This is especially the case when it comes to the relationship between calves and their mothers. If they are separated, they will show extreme distress.
There are a lot of other interesting facts about cows as well. Did you know that they can create a monumental 125 pounds of saliva every day? That is pretty insane, right?
While cows don’t actually have four stomachs, as some people believe, they have four chambers in their stomach. These are the abomasum, omasum, reticulum, and rumen chambers, and they all help with breaking down the tough grass that they digest. This is why they produce a lot of saliva!
Another fact is that cows create a lot more milk when they are happier. This is something that has been concluded in a study, showing that cattle have lived a happier life, creating more nutritious milk that has a greater amount of calcium.
This probably should not come as much of a surprise. After all, as humans, we tend to be more productive when we are happier!
