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SPOTLIGHT: Agritourism

Keeping Your Visitors Happy and Healthy. Agritourism is an opportunity for farms to allow guests onto the premises to enjoy some kind of agriculture experience. Although agritourism events serve as wonderful learning experiences, the interaction between animals and humans can cause disease outbreaks. …

UMASH at the Great Minnesota Get Together

UMASH was one of many studies in the University of Minnesota’s Driven to Discover Research Building activities during the 12 days of the 2016 Minnesota State Fair. Being at the Fair gave UMASH access to a large pool of volunteer participants for their study “Agritourism: the Next Frontier in Agriculture.” The goal of the study is to understand …

SPOTLIGHT: The Evolution of the Healthy Fairs Project – The Power of Relationships

SEPTEMBER 2016 Natalie Loots UMASH Evaluation Team Research Assistant, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health Relationships can often be the true measure of a project’s success. The Minnesota Department of Health’s Healthy Fairs pilot project has certainly experienced success in this way. Healthy …