National AgrAbility Project
The AgrAbility National Training Workshop will take place in Madison, WI, March 23 - 26, 2020.
- The request for presentations and posters has been sent out. You can access them here: Call for Presentation Form. Call for Poster Form. Please feel free to forward this link to anyone who might be interested in presenting at the NTW.
- Contact JoBeth or Tess anytime: JoBeth Rath - jbrath@goodwillfingerlakes.org 585.402.2059 and Tess McKeel - tmckeel@goodwillfingerlakes.org - 585.447.9015
Registration is open for the Regional Workshop in State College, PA October 8-9. This workshop will focus on occupational therapy and assistive technology on the farm - working together to keep farmers farming! You can view the agenda and register for the workshop HERE. You can reserve your room at the Days Inn Penn State by clicking HERE.
The NAP and California AgrAbility are in the beginning stages of planning a Regional Workshop in Davis, CA, for December 3-4. The workshop will be at the Mondavi Sensory Theatre and rooms are blocked at the Hyatt UC Davis. More information will be coming soon!
Submitted by Goodwill of the Finger Lakes
Chuck Baldwin, NAP's underserved populations outreach coordinator, gave a presentation on AgrAbility at the Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies Conference in Millersburg, OH, August 2. Dee Jepsen, PI for Ohio AgrAbility, also attended the event but in a different capacity, sharing as part of a panel on agricultural extension and the Amish/Plain Anabaptists.
Chuck also exhibited AgrAbility material with a table and pop-up banner. Materials included general AgrAbility literature and brochures on arthritis (Plain Facts About Arthritis), back health, the Plowshares Accessing Horses and Horse-Drawn Vehicles, and the "It's About Hope" DVDs.
The event was sponsored by the Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies Association (APASA). The more than 50 persons in attendance were primarily professionals working in various organizations that serve the Plain Anabaptist communities and included Ph.D.'s from various universities studying the Amish, medical doctors and nurses, Extension personnel, and others looking to gain insight into and improve services to the Plain communities. Sessions included such interesting topics as "Amish and Recent Tax Issues," "How Cultural-Religious Thought Affects Applied Practice and Behavior," "Choosing Whom to Trust: Autonomy vs. Reliance on Others in Medical Decision-Making among the Plain People," "Attitudes toward GMO Corn Usage among Amish & Mennonite Farmers," and one of the most interesting: "Legal Issues and Law Enforcement," presented by a judge and a sergeant from the Holmes County Sheriff's Office.