You Actually Like to Wash Eggs? Small Bites are short, informational articles with practical ideas about stress reduction, improved communication, and family well-being. They are written by coaches from UMaine Extension’s Farm Coaching team. Farm Coaches are available at no cost to work remotely with farmers and farm families. Tip: Essayist Annie Dillard wrote, “How […]
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Maine AgrAbility News With the recent restrictions to travel and event cancelations, Maine AgrAbility staff have been busy developing webinars on relevant topics. On May 14, Project Coordinator Lani Carlson presented “Maine AgrAbility 101” as part of the “Employment for ME Employment Services Workforce Development System” monthly webinar series. There were 78 attendees learning about […]
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Date: July 9, 2020 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET Updates have been made to Maine’s Kim Wallace Adaptive Equipment Loan Program (AELP), the state’s low interest financing program for people with disabilities to give them more options for purchasing Assistive Technology (AT). AELP funds can be used to buy AT devices, adaptive equipment or to […]
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Reconnecting Small Bites are short, informational articles with practical ideas about stress reduction, improved communication, and family well-being. They are written by coaches from UMaine Extension’s Farm Coaching team. Farm Coaches are available at no cost to work remotely with farmers and farm families. Meaningful, relaxed, non-business oriented connection in times of stress is so […]
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Registration is now open for Penn State’s “Safely Working with Trees Live Webinar Series”! The Safely Working with Trees Series is a live webinar series that will provide critical information and measures for anyone planning to work safely in and around trees. Proper care and safety standards reduce your chance of injury and promote safely […]
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Hoping to start a conversation across the whole agriculture community focused on supporting farmer’s mental health, UNH Extension created “Taking Care of your Mental Health — Tips for Farmers.” Nine self-care tips and other resources can be found on the UNH blog.
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Navigating Disaster Small Bites are short, informational articles with practical ideas about stress reduction, improved communication, and family well-being. They are written by coaches from UMaine Extension’s Farm Coaching team. Farm Coaches are available at no cost to work remotely with farmers and farm families. COVID-19 was described recently by Scott Carlson of Farmers’ Legal […]
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Practical Tips for Farm Resiliency – I Statements Small Bites are short, informational articles with practical ideas about stress reduction, improved communication, and family well-being. They are written by coaches from UMaine Extension’s Farm Coaching team. Farm Coaches are available at no cost to work remotely with farmers and farm families. TIP: When expressing yourself […]
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What’s a SWOC and how can it help? Small Bites are short, informational articles with practical ideas about stress reduction, improved communication, and family well-being. They are written by coaches from UMaine Extension’s Farm Coaching team. Farm Coaches are available at no cost to work remotely with farmers and farm families. Tip: A SWOC or […]
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June 16, 2020 1:00 – 2:00 PM (ET) The Maine CITE Coordinating Center is collaborating with the Maine AgrAbility Program to offer this free webinar on how assistive technology can help farmers. This presentation discusses planning for school and community gardens for all users including those of all ages and abilities. The presentation includes concepts […]
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