Rain or Shine – Safety Matters
Megan Schossow and Diane Kampa staffed the UMASH outreach table at the Farm Progress Show that was held August 28-30 in Boone, Iowa. …
SPOTLIGHT: Megan Schossow
Megan Schossow, UMASH staffer and second-year graduate student, traveled to Washington, D.C. for an internship with the Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA) as an Agricultural Health and Safety Intern hosted by the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC). …
Spreading Ag Safety Awareness at the 2018 North American Manure Expo
UMASH staff participated in the 2018 North American Manure Expo, August 15-16 in Brookings, South Dakota. …
Keeping Kids Safe: Child Agricultural Injury Prevention Workshop
The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety hosted a Child Injury Prevention Workshop August 14-15. …
Connecting with Canada: Ag for Life
Ag for Life recently visited UMASH. It was a great opportunity for both organizations to highlight projects, resources, and share strategies for improving agricultural health and safety. …
Won’t you be my neighbor? MN Farmfest brings neighbors together
UMASH and our neighboring centers worked together for the third year at MN Farmfest August 7 – 9 near Redwood Falls, MN. …
UMASH and MDH – Partners in Safety and Health
UMASH partners with other agencies and organizations to improve the safety and health of the agricultural community. One of these partners is the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) who has provided research expertise in the area of zoonotic disease transmission. …
UMASH and Veterinarians – Keeping it Safe
Dr. Jeff Bender, co-director of the UMASH center, presented a workshop at the annual American Veterinary Medical Association convention July 13 - 17, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. …
Kicking off the Farm Show Season: UMASH in the Neighborhood
UMASH staffers, Diane Kampa and Carol Peterson, kicked off the farm show season with Farm Technology Days. This show was held July 10-12, 2018 near Marshfield, WI and gave us the opportunity to work in tandem with our National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC) colleagues. …
SPOTLIGHT: Telling the Story Project
Tell a story, save a life. That’s the idea behind a new project inserting injury prevention messages into first-hand accounts of farmers and others impacted by agricultural trauma incidents. Telling the Story Project is a collaboration of three regional agricultural safety centers funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). …