SEPTEMBER 2025

For the seventh year, on August 5-7, 2025, UMASH hosted the UMASH Wellness Pavilion at Minnesota Farmfest, the largest farm show in Minnesota. Hosted on the Gilfillan Estate in Redwood County, Minnesota, this event attracts thousands of farmers, workers, families, state and local officials, and community members from across the region.

The UMASH Wellness Pavilion provides valuable safety, health, and injury prevention resources for farmers, farmworkers, and families with hands-on activities, blood pressure screenings, live farm safety and rescue demonstrations, and a Family Wellness Area to encourage learning and conversation about Living Healthy, Farming Safely. 

Health and Safety Hub, All Under One Tent

Over the three-day event, UMASH and more than 20 national, regional, and local partners connected with over 5,000 attendees. Engagement spanned topics such as grain bin safety, roadway safety, mental health, healthy living, and youth and family safety on the farm. Many visitors shared personal stories of near misses or farm accidents and expressed appreciation for the resources and practical safety information.

Visitors of all ages joined UMASH outreach staff, including volunteer veterinary public health residents, for interactive learning, spinning the Farm Safety Wheel to test their knowledge and win safety and health giveaways. In collaboration with sponsors, partners, and subject-matter experts, UMASH also presented safety and rescue demonstrations, including tractor rollover prevention and the importance of Roll Over Protective Structures (ROPS). CentraCare further supported the pavilion by providing free blood pressure screenings.

Family Wellness Area and Interactive Safety Zone   

A highlight of the pavilion this year was the family Wellness Area that featured fun, safe family activities, including water, youth farm safety activity books, a lactation room provided by the City of Marshall and a safety zone space presented by the Central States Center, and Progressive Agriculture Safety Days.

Farm families from across the region participated in hands-on activities to learn about sun safety, hearing protection, ATV/UTV safety and grain bin safety while earning sporty bucket hats and PAF backpacks.

One partner even overheard a group of kids call the pavilion the “most fun” place at Farmfest!

Together, Wellness Pavilion exhibitors distributed more than 1,500 safety and health resources and over 4,200 giveaways to Farmfest attendees, extending the reach of farm safety and wellness beyond the pavilion.

We extend a special THANK YOU to our exhibitors, supporters, and other partners who worked with us to help keep farmers, farmworkers, and families safe, healthy, and injury-free. Bringing together national health and safety partners from across the nation, the pavilion offered valuable resources and demonstrations on topics such as farm and occupational safety, mental health, healthy living, roadway safety, and many other topics.

• APV Safety Products Inc.
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Minnesota Chapter
• CentraCare
• Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS CASH)
• Farm Rescue
• Masonic Cancer Center & MN Cancer Clinical Trials Network
• Minnesota Department of Agriculture
• Minnesota Regional Poison Center
• Minnesota State Southern Agricultural Center of Excellence
• Minnesota Veteran Farmer Coalition
• Minnesota Safety Council
• NAMI Minnesota
• Progressive Agriculture Safety Days
• Stop the Bleed / Southwest Regional Trauma Advisory Council
• Tri-Valley Opportunity Council
• University of Minnesota Extension | Farm Safety
• University of Minnesota Extension | Department of Family, Health & Wellbeing
• University of Minnesota Extension | Department for Youth Development | ATV Safety
• Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
• Workplace Safety Consultation