Maine AgrAbility

Maine AgrAbility News Maine AgrAbility is pleased to announce that several new videos have been finalized and added to its website resource list. Three videos were developed specifically to illustrate safe techniques and reminders for stretching, harvesting, and lifting. This resource can be used by anyone involved in agricultural tasks. They were produced in coordination […]

Agriculture symposium for military veterans Oct. 26

Anne Devin, AgrAbility veteran outreach coordinator, and co-owner of Chase Stream Farm was joined by Richard Brzozowski, food system program administrator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, as guests on WERU Community Radio’s “Public Affairs” series. The show, “Common Ground” focused on veterans and farming in Maine.

Maine AgrAbility News Maine’s veteran outreach specialist, Anne Devin, had an AgrAbility display table at the Northeast Mechanical Weed Expo in Old Town, Maine, on September 12. The room was filled with many enthusiasts and one special Maine farmer named Eliot Coleman who talked with Anne about the adaptive tools. AgrAbility staff exhibited project information […]

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a free yoga class for gardeners and farmers 6–7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the University of Maine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Brie Weisman, Maine AgrAbility specialist, OTR/L, and owner of Adapt-Able Living in Rumford, will instruct the class. She’ll demonstrate ways to incorporate yoga […]

Maine AgrAbility Project News Maine AgrAbility has been working on producing videos featuring AgrAbility clients. The videos capture a fisherman, a dairy farmer, and a vegetable farmer selling value-added products from a food truck. Each story illustrates the essence of the farmer and their ability to continue to farm. Here’s the teaser short clip: Final […]

Maine AgrAbility Project News As a continuation of peer mentoring and career exploration with youth with disabilities, four students from southern Maine worked three mornings a week on local farms in July. AgrAbility staff are in the process of evaluating impacts of this experience for the students. Concurrently, a video was recorded that followed the […]

Maine AgrAbility Project News On June 2, AgrAbility staffer Brie Weisman presented “Yoga for Farmers and Gardeners” at the Annual Farm & Homestead Day in Unity, ME. Fifteen people attended the session. During the same event, Ellen Gibson shared AgrAbility information and proper lifting techniques. Ketra Crosson OT/L, worked with APRIL and Nebraska AgrAbility to […]

Maine AgrAbility Project News May 9, Sally Farrell, UMaine Cooperative Extension 4-H professional working with the youth pre-employment and peer mentoring program, attended the parents night at Massbessic High School and met with parents and students involved in the summer workprogram.Then May 16, Sally brought 4 lambs to the school and the students worked on […]