Maine AgrAbility: Overview
Farming with a Disability: Holly
Farming with a Disability: Jesse
Lobster Fishing with a Disability: Steven
On the Farm
Pietree Farm
Bangor Daily News
Program Helps Maine Veterans Learn to Farm (YouTube): For the past six months, Boots-2-Bushels has been teaching Maine veterans and their families how to farm. The program had to pivot in March when the coronavirus pandemic initially hit, but now small groups of veterans are back out in the greenhouse, working on their skills. For more, visit bangordailynews.com. Video by Natalie Williams.
AgrAbility: Is Farming for Me?
National AgrAbility
- National AgrAbility Intro and other videos on the National AgrAbility playlist.
Safe Lifting Techniques
Safe Stretching Techniques
Safe Harvesting Techniques
Assistive Technology
Maine AgrAbility has produced a series of videos from Chapter Three Farm in Newburgh, Maine. These videos share background on the farmers, their farm, some of the chores they’ve had to modify and information about the different types of assistive tools and modified work routines they use to continue to work successfully and safely on their farm.
Chapter Three Farm: Intro
Chapter Three Farm: Meet the Farmers
Chapter Three Farm: Feed Station
Chapter Three Farm: Ladder to the Loft
Chapter Three Farm: Convertible Hand Truck
Chapter Three Farm: Wheelbarrow
Chapter Three Farm: Manure Management
Chapter Three Farm: Storage Box
Chapter Three Farm: Four Wheeler
Chapter Three Farm: Four Wheeler with Spreader
Chapter Three Farm: Conclusion
Chapter Three Farm: Horse Mounting Steps
Chapter Three Farm: York Rake
Additional Assistive Technology Videos
Webinars
- Arthritis and Agriculture: The importance of protecting your joints (recorded on June 2, 2020). Farmers lose quality-of-life because of chronic pain, aching, stiffness, and swelling in and around the joints. Making small changes in their working routines and using Assistive Technology (AT) can significantly reduce injury to the joints. Watch this discussion of arthritis, the prevalence of the disease in farmers, and possible modifications to reduce its effects.
- Stress, Resilience, and Resources: Responding to the Impacts of Covid-19 on Farms. On May 20, 2020, Extension professor, Leslie Forstadt, PhD, presented information about stress, building resilience, and available resources to meet farmers’ needs during this everchanging time.
- The Essentials of Accessibility: School and Community Gardens (recorded on June 16, 2020). This webinar covers planning for school and community gardens for all users including those of all ages and abilities; how to go beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards; concepts on making the garden an enjoyable destination, creating opportunities for social connections, and a place that users will return to again and again; and assistive technology in the form of adaptive garden tools and products.