Maine AgrAbility

June 2, 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. Making small changes in farmers’ working routines and using Assistive Technology (AT) can significantly reduce injury to the joints. Please join us for […]

Maine AgrAbility News Maine AgrAbility’s Boots to Bushels (B2B) class continued via Zoom this month. The transition to the Zoom platform was smooth, having had several inclement weather days resulting in Zoom use since B2B started in January 2020. This last class included an interview with Bangor Daily News asking about the impact of the […]

Your weekend encouragement: Walter Morse and Aaron Greene-Morse are both veterans, and they operate Patriot Ridge Homestead in Jefferson, Maine. Watch the video to find out how they got started in agriculture and what AgrAbility means to them.

Schedules Can Help Routines and schedules can ease stress. When there is uncertainty all around, it can be very useful to put a bit more attention to daily and weekly routines on the farm. Brain research tells us that when we have a plan, a schedule, our nervous systems are more at ease. Personally, you […]

Stress, Resilience, and Resources: Responding to the Impacts of Covid-19 on Farms Please join us on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, from 1 pm – 2 pm (EST) Farmers have had to adapt quickly to the continued changes resulting from Covid-19. How are you managing? What are you hearing from your customers about their worries and […]

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services, the Maine Department of Labor and Syntiro invite you to join the Employment for ME Employment Services Workforce Development System for our ninth webinar in the 2019-2020 series of monthly webinars for the Maine’s workforce community. May 14, 2020 10:00 – 11:00 AM Registration fee: Individual registrations […]

  Save the date for the 2020 AgrAbility NTW: November 30 – December 3 in Madison, Wisconsin. The NAP looks forward to seeing you FACE-TO-FACE! The NAP has also published a webpage dedicated to COVID-19 resources related to disability and agriculture at www.agrability.org/covid-19. The AgrAbility webinar “Smart Technology in Agriculture & The Home” has been […]

The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program offers farm coaching, which includes how to make decisions related to farm finances and leases, and farm transitions, or to create alternative plans in case one of the farm team members falls ill due to COVID-19. Read more in Morning Ag Clips or visit the Maine Agricultural Mediation Program website.

Child safety on the farm education for kids during this period of social distancing In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Progressive Agriculture Safety Days remains committed to continuing the mission of education, children and families living on farms, ranches, and rural communities. Spring Safety Days have been canceled, so they have created YouTube videos to […]

AgrAbility National Training Workshop – New Dates Set! While it was a difficult decision, in response to the issues surrounding COVID-19 and requests to not gather in large groups, the AgrAbility NTW scheduled to begin on March 23rd was postponed. The great news is that we were able to secure space at the same location […]