Maine AgrAbility

“The animals help, the animals insulate,” Mickey says. “I can tell my own mood, where I’m going, if I’m getting too dark or if I’m going too south by how the sheep react to me. And I can walk myself back from the cliff.” www.npr.org  

The upcoming 2019 AgrAbility Harvest newsletter features a story about Carey Portell, the scheduled keynote speaker at the 2019 AgrAbility National Training Workshop (NTW) in Lincoln, NE, on March 25-28. The Against the Odds article (PDF) is written by longtime Successful Farming editor Cheryl Tevis. If you’re interested in hearing Carey tell her story in […]

An article in the Charleston Gazette-Mail focuses on ways people with special needs can continue to do the kind of gardening they enjoy by using adaptive techniques. West Virginia AgrAbility shows the way. Read the article.

Maine AgrAbility Project News Maine AgrAbility staff and advisory council members shared the three-day schedule to provide coverage at the AgrAbility booth at the Annual Agricultural Trades show in Augusta on January 15, 16, and 17. The exhibit was an “Assistive Technology Demonstration Area” with hands-on demonstration opportunities that included a hydraulic lift table, a […]

Modern Farmer reports on four agricultural-based programs that provide job opportunities for people with autism in Ohio, Virginia, and Indiana. Farming provides a “terrific skill match” for those with autism, says Jan Pilarski, who, along with her son, founded Green Bridge Growers in Mishawaka, Indiana. “We work with them to develop their potential in all […]

December 2018 Maine AgrAbility Project News Maine AgrAbility Specialist Brie Weisman, OT, exhibited project information at the 2018 Maine State Occupational Therapy Fall conference in Fairfield on November 3. This one-day conference is designed to provide education and resources to OT/COTA professionals and students. The following week on November 10, Brie put on her shepherd’s […]

Maine AgrAbility Project News On October 4th and 15th, Lani Carlson presented Maine AgrAbility project information to UMaine employees and Cooperative Extension stakeholders as part of Zoom event called the Extension Showcase for a UMaine Extension Dean candidate.  AgrAbility was selected as 1 of 8 programs to highlight the great work of Cooperative Extension. On […]

Maine AgrAbility is pleased to announce their newest publication: Cheese Maker Self-Assessment Tool for Occupational Health, Safety, and Ergonomics (#1220) The purpose of this Self-Assessment Tool is to help you assess your work in and around your cheese making/milk processing facility, and to help you identify changes to your facilities, processes or methods you use […]

  Maine AgrAbility Project News On September 12, Ellen Gibson and Lani Carlson attended the Wisdom Summit hosted by the Maine Council on Aging in Augusta. The summit was a good learning experience; staff shared information on their work with seniors and gardening, as well as the therapeutic benefits of gardening. Lani Carlson participated in […]