National AgrAbility Project
The AgrAbility National Training Workshop will take place in Madison, WI, March 23rd - 26th, 2020.
- The Keynote Speaker will be Davon Goodwin, a farmer, a veteran, and an AgrAbility client from NC. For your planning, this year's keynote address, banquet dinner and live auction will be on Tuesday night, rather than Wednesday night.
- Don't forget to submit your session and poster proposals by October 15th. You can access them here Call for Presentation Form / Call for Poster Form. Please feel free to forward this link to anyone that you would like to have present at the NTW.
- Please start thinking about possible exhibitors or sponsors. Online Exhibitor Form / Printable Exhibitor Form. You can also direct anyone interested to contact Tess or JoBeth.
- Contact JoBeth or Tess anytime at: - 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 Davis, CA, for December 3-4 at the Mondavi Sensory Theatre. This Workshop will focus on how occupational therapists, physical therapists, and other rehabilitation professionals can collaborate with AgrAbility, working with the issues of migrant farmworkers, and collaborating with other partners such as VR and the centers for agriculture, health and safety. The second day will feature tours of some local agricultural businesses and a migrant center.
You can find more information about the workshop and register HERE.
Hotel rooms are blocked at the Hyatt UC Davis. You can reserve your hotel room HERE until November 4th.
Submitted by Goodwill of the Finger Lakes
Chuck Baldwin of the National AgrAbility Project (NAP)/Purdue University and Amanda Harguth with AgrAbility of Wisconsin/University of Wisconsin staffed a booth at the World Dairy Expo the week of October 1-5, 2019. The event is held annually at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI.
According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, more than 62,200 people from 94 countries attended the event. By count, the top nations represented were Canada, Mexico, Italy, China, Brazil, and Japan respectively.
Nearly 860 companies featured their products and services in the trade show areas, and among them was AgrAbility. The AgrAbility exhibit included general information on both the National and the Wisconsin AgrAbility projects, brochures and booklets on such topics as arthritis and agriculture (in Spanish and English), back problems in agriculture, and AgrAbility services for veterans. Free DVDs sharing AgrAbility's vision and mission were offered, as were a few free samples of assistive technology in the way of handles that could be added to long-handled implements, such as rakes or snow shovels, to ease strain on the back and shoulders. Many good contacts were made and follow-up is being done by the respective AgrAbility staffs.
Submitted by Chuck Baldwin