Tennessee
2024 was TN AgrAbility's 30-year anniversary. Staff want to express their heartfelt gratitude for AgrAbility's support and dedication throughout the past 30 years. Together, staff have achieved remarkable milestones and touched countless lives. Here's to a new year filled with hope, growth, and endless possibilities. Hoping 2025 brings joy, health, and prosperity. Let's keep the momentum going and continue to remove barriers to farming for farmers with disabilities!
TN AgrAbility staff exhibited at the TN Farm Bureau State Convention trade show in Franklin, TN. This is always a great opportunity to visit with TN AgrAbility farmers and their families, with UT TSU Extension staff, and with our ag partners and have a chance to have the TN AgrAbility Extension team together!
Entertainment at the TN Farm Bureau State Convention banquet was Operation Song, a veteran music therapy/mental health resource... "Bringing Them Back One Song at A Time". Their mission is to empower veterans, active-duty military members, and their families to tell their stories through the process of songwriting. Those served need no musical or writing skills, only a willingness to share their stories and, with the help of professional songwriters, transform them into song.
The TN Farm Family Health and Wellness Program is an educational outreach program, which TN AgrAbility partners with, designed to help farm families cope and thrive with the unique challenges facing them. The course will utilize a hybrid method of live webinars and/or recordings that can be watched as one's schedule allows. Five new Zoom-based webinars have been scheduled for 2025. These will be held every other Thursday evening at 6 p.m. (CT) / 7:00 p.m. (ET) beginning January 30, 2025. Register: https://fcs.tennessee.edu/mffhw/.
Other News
December 3rd International Day of Persons with Disabilities celebrated the strength, resilience, and unique contributions of people with disabilities. Let's continue to work together to create a more inclusive and accessible world for all.
December 10th Human Rights Day was celebrated! Everyone deserves to live with dignity and respect. Let's work together to create a world where everyone's rights are protected.
Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Witt, KY Ag nurse, Extension specialist for mental health, who partners with AgrAbility and Raising Hope KY. Dr. Witt is part of a writing team that recently had a paper published, "Concept Analysis: Challenge Coins as a Caring Support Tool to Prevent Farmer Suicide." Thank you to Cheryl and Raising Hope KY for bringing awareness to the "Challenge Coin!" Read the full article: ukfcs.net/CDWarticle
Submitted by TN AgrAbility