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Speaking Silage Safety with Dairy News and Views from ISU

Dairy and silage go hand in hand. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Field Specialist's Fred Hall and Jenn Bentley had a conversation with UMASH’s Megan Schossow about safety while harvesting and working around silage. …

SPOTLIGHT: Hello and Goodbye – Changes Coming to UMASH

This fall we are saying goodbye to Diane Kampa, UMASH Center Coordinator since our beginning in 2011, and later directing the outreach program. Diane has been with the University of Minnesota for over 40 years in the School of Public Health. …

Communicating Complex Information is a Team Effort at UMASH

On November 10th, 2020, UMASH team members Molly VanBrocklin, Student Web/Graphic Designer, Maria Bertrand, Research Assistant and Devon Charlier, Research Assistant presented virtually to the NIOSH Extramural Communication Community of Practice Group. …

Onward and Upward

 NOVEMBER 2020 The Cultivating Resiliency project began as a partner project with UMASH in 2018 which centered around the fact that farm women and women in agriculture have unique needs in responding to farm and agricultural stress because of the multiple roles they play. This project developed tools for supporting women in ag, including webinars and …

SPOTLIGHT: MRASH 2020: Rising to New Challenges

OCTOBER 2020 Conference season for many in agriculture comes around in the late fall and winter months. Moving these connections and presentations online is the definition of “Rising to New Challenges,” which is the theme of this year’s Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety and Health Conference (MRASH), taking place November 17-20, 2020, entirely …

SPOTLIGHT: Lessons Learned – A Passion for Farm Safety and Mental Health

UMASH and Emily Krekelberg go “way back” with our mutual mission of promoting farm safety and health. Emily knows first hand the inherent dangers involved with farming with family members who were both severely injured as a result. She recently shared her personal story with the Telling the Story Project which was featured on the Minnesota Corn Growers website. …

SPOTLIGHT: Harvest Safety Tips

OCTOBER 2020 Following a series of serious farm incidents in Minnesota, AgWeek Journalist Noah Fish connected with UMASH and Extension to garner safety tips. Working together for farm safety and health is a natural fit for UMASH and Extension, and fall is a perfect time to double the effort to remind farmers, families and workers to slow down and be …

SPOTLIGHT: Farm to Table in the time of COVID

Implications for Essential Workers COVID-19 has affected all of us in some way. During this time, UMASH has been providing trusted information to farmers, families and farmworkers to stay safe and healthy. The agricultural workforce is essential and much work in fields, on farms, inside processing plants and other farm to table operations is carried …