National AgrAbility Project

2019 NTW Registration is OPEN!

The AgrAbility National Training Workshop will take place in Lincoln, NE, March 25-28, 2019, at the Embassy Suites -Downtown Lincoln. You can access registration on the 2019 NTW website by clicking here. The schedule, registration form, tour information, farmer stipend applications, and vendor/sponsor applications are also available on the NTW website. Please remember to make your hotel reservations as soon as possible as the rooms will fill up quickly. You can reserve your rooms by clicking on the hotel name above or from the links on the NTW website.

Don't forget to start collecting items for the auction! If you need to ship them ahead of time you can ship them to:
Easterseals NE
Attn: Bree Gibbs
211 N. 14th Street #312
Lincoln, NE 68508

If you have any questions, contact Tess or JoBeth anytime.
Tess McKeel - tmckeel@goodwillfingerlakes.org - 585.447.9015
Or JoBeth Rath - jbrath@goodwillfingerlakes.org 585.402.2059

JoBeth Rath was in attendance at the STAND (Stakeholders Team up for Action in New York Dairy) workshop. The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) established a group of stakeholders for this "whole systems in the room" workshop on December 10-12 in Cooperstown, NY. The more than 45 stakeholders included agriculture organizations, farmers and farm wives/farm husbands, government, health care, mental health organizations, distributors, and dairy organizations.

The purpose of the meeting was to develop collaborative solutions for addressing the toxic stress crisis currently affecting dairy farmers in New York (which applies to many states in the country). Each participant was required to participate actively, seeking action items that would resolve the challenges addressed. Look for details about the output from this event soon!

Submitted by Goodwill of the Finger Lakes