{"id":3757,"date":"2018-01-18T15:39:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T20:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2018-01-18T15:41:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T20:41:07","slug":"whats-happening-maine-agrability-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/2018\/01\/18\/whats-happening-maine-agrability-4\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s happening with Maine AgrAbility?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 2018<\/p>\n<p>Lani Carlson and Richard Brzozowski are working to develop a relationship between farmers in Franklin County and organizations supporting employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Connections made so far are with the University of Maine at Farmington&#8217;s special education and assistive technology department, and with several local programs that support people with cognitive &amp; intellectual disabilities to be employed and actively involved in their home communities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3760 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/IMG_3885-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/IMG_3885-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/IMG_3885-540x535.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Lani Carlson enjoyed a cold (-9\u00b0 F) early-morning breakfast meeting on December 28 with the Farmington Rotary Club. She gave a 30-minute AgrAbility presentation to about 45 Rotarians, highlighting the AgrAbility program and success stories.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3741 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-1024x565.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-360x200.jpg 360w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-105x58.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-317x175.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-423x234.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-634x350.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-846x467.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-951x525.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/01\/IMG_3838-1268x700.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>Maine AgrAbility staff hosted the quarterly Advisory Council (AC) meeting on December 7 with ten advisory council members in Augusta. They reviewed AC member skills to promote within AgrAbility, upcoming events, and AgrAbility program activities from the last quarter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lani Carlson met with the Franklin County UMaine Extension Executive Committee during the December meeting and shared AgrAbility program highlights.\u00a0 Lani is also participating in a Perceptions of Farm Safety project, interviewing beginning farmers with families. Three farm families were interviewed in December.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.agrability.org\/2018\/01\/eNote.html\">News from other AgrAbility state programs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 2018 Lani Carlson and Richard Brzozowski are working to develop a relationship between farmers in Franklin County and organizations supporting employment opportunities for people with disabilities. 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