Maine AgrAbility

In this issue: Finding Farm Labor Worker Protection Standards Inspection Checklist High Tunnel Pest Management Strategies Organic No-till Crop Management!? Tractor Maintenance and Avoiding Breakdowns Tractor Safety Courses Offered Statewide Farm Safety in Maine: On-Farm Safety Reviews Offered Working with Your Meat Processor Avian Influenza and the Importance of Biosecurity Directories and Resources Upcoming Events

Maine AgrAbility geared up for a busy March. AgrAbility exhibits and resources will be shared at six different events — all before packing up and heading to TN for the NTW! The exhibit themes will be Universal Design, with hands-on discussion points to share information and ideas with people about making their workspace universally accessible. […]

AgrAbility Harvest 2017 newsletter highlights the activities and impacts of AgrAbility, and is designed for agricultural producers, AgrAbility staff members, rehabilitation specialists, agriculture professionals, educators, legislators, or anyone else with an interest in the agriculture and disability arena. It is published in both electronic and print formats, and to receive print copies, please email agrability@agrability.org […]

The newly chartered United Farmer Veterans of Maine, (the new iteration of the Farmer Veteran Coalition of Maine) is a resource hub for veterans who are actively farming or interested in getting into farming. If you are a veteran involved in agriculture or know of someone who is, consider joining the United Farmer Veterans of […]

Maine AgrAbility project director, Richard Brzozowski, and project coordinator, Lani Carlson spent a day on the Damariscotta River, touring and learning about oyster farming. During the course of the day, we learned hands-on about some of the farming tasks, tools and the processes of growing and harvesting oysters. We were able to meet and learn […]

Recently, National Farmers Union released 10 short ag safety videos. The videos are concise and relatively short with an average run time of 4 minutes. Video topics include general safety, PTO, rollover protection, ATVs, grain bins and augers, livestock, transporting equipment, handling chemicals, electrical safety, and behavioral hazards and child safety. To access the videos, […]

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Maine AgrAbility Project Coordinator Lani Carlson attended the 42nd Annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum. This three-day event is the largest of its kind in New England — one dedicated to offering fishermen, clammers, lobstermen, aquaculturalists, and other related seafood industry participants, an opportunity to meet on neutral ground, with over 30 seminars related to the fishing […]

Maine AgrAbility finalized the article ‘Respirator Issues for Agricultural Workers’. Farmers at the Maine Farm Days event in Clinton, Maine, were surveyed about their awareness of contaminant exposure and their use of respirators on farms. Read the article here. Maine AgrAbility staffer, Ellen Gibson, presented “Gardening for the Long Term” as part of the Brunswick-Topsham […]