Sean Tormoehlen, Indiana AgrAbility assistant and Purdue graduate student, represented Indiana AgrAbility at the 2018 Illiana Vegetable Growers Symposium at Tebol's Restaurant in Schererville, Indiana. The display included an Indiana AgrAbility popup banner, AgrAbility brochures, Arthritis and Gardening brochures, back impairment brochures, Gardening and Arthritis, beginning and veteran farmer information, Farmer Veteran Coalition brochures, and other appropriate materials. As part of the symposium, Sean was able to speak to the group in the meeting room about AgrAbility services.
Indiana AgrAbility staff and consultants staffed a display at the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show in the War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The show boasts over 1,100 exhibitors and an attendance of over 30,000. The display included AgrAbility brochures, booklets, case studies, NTW save-the-date cards, FSA brochures, NRCS brochures, and beginning farmer resources. Life Essentials provided a John Deere tractor with a lift and an Action Track Stander power wheelchair.
Submitted by Steve Swain