The DeForest Times-Tribune reported that health problems forced Cheryl Mayr, who wears braces on her ankles, to scale back at Country Bloomers Greenhouse. But an AgrAbility project has helped her keep doing what she loves. Through resources introduced by AgrAbility, Mayr got a wagon that allows her to go out into her fields with water […]
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Be My Eyes, a new mobile app, facilitates a live video call that allows volunteers from all around the world to assist people who are blind with little tasks. The app helps volunteers guide the user who can’t see via the user’s phone camera. Read more at CBC News.
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“As a woman who began farming in her 40s, I know that training for women is often sketchy or nonexistent. Women who come into farming may have had little exposure to working with tractors and need the opportunity to learn,” says Ellen S. Gibson, Farm Education Specialist, Maine AgrAbility, in an article for the Maine […]
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A century of programs and services provided by University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Franklin County office was celebrated Wednesday afternoon, June 19. UMaine Extension 4-H’ers, Homemakers, and staff brought animal projects and other displays. Maine AgrAbility Project Coordinator Lani Carlson had several adaptive tools on display. Hannah Carter, Maine’s new Extension Director, and John Prichard, […]
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Youth and Agriculture Positively Maine’s Tory Ryden interviewed Dick Brzozowski from Maine AgrAbility, Lisa Phelps and Sally Farrell from UMaine Extension 4-H, and Sarah Morton from Alpha One, about Maine AgrAbility and the 4-H Experience. Listen to the 4-part podcast.
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Lancaster Farming reported on Holly Pickens, U.S. Army veteran, owner of Wabi-Sabi Farm in Whiting, and a client of Maine’s AgrAbility veterans program for farmers experiencing disability issues related to their military service. “I’m a veteran of the Army and I have some PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) from trauma nursing,” said Pickens. “I find […]
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Maine AgrAbility will demonstrate the ergonomics of gardening at the Union Farmers Market on the Union Common, May 24 from 3–6 p.m. Demonstrations will focus on useful garden tools and ergonomic techniques, including how to bend and lift safely. Maine AgrAbility, a program of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, teaches farmers and gardeners about tools […]
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Maine AgrAbility Project News On Saturday March 6, Anne Devin, Maine AgrAbility’s veteran outreach specialist, exhibited program information at the Waldo County Rural Living Day. Meanwhile, 100 miles east in Poland, Maine, Ketra Crosson shared AgrAbility information and examples of assistive tools at Gathering Winds Farm & Orchard- a small family-run, veteran-owned farm. […]
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Maine AgrAbility talked with Tory Ryden about veterans and farming in Maine on April 18, 2019. Tory Ryden created Positively Maine in response to the explosion of negative, troubling and worry-inducing news stories that infiltrate all air waves. The show is an hour-long and features no vitriolic arguments–rather, inspirational, informative stories that motivate and, the […]
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Ellen Gibson, farm education specialist for Maine AgrAbility, and her friend and client Annette Marin, owner of No View Farm, Inn, and Bakery, located along the Androscoggin River in Rumford, Maine, are both owners of small farms. When Marin experienced severe mobility issues that prevented her form doing many farm-related chores, Gibson advised her to […]
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