CREATING A SAFER TRADITION Creating a safer tradition for 2011

NEW JERSEY FARMERS Agrability Now Available For New Jersey Farmers

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY HELPS FARMER Assistive Technology Helps Farmer With Lower Extremity Disability

Agrability Reaches 20th Year Milestone This year Agrability celebrates 20 years of successful outreach to farmers and their families with disabilities. Nationally it is estimated that during that period more than 11,000 individuals have received personal, direct Agrability services.

Respiratory Health in Agriculture Webinar Under occupational illnesses in industries, agriculture ranks high relative to respiratory illnesses. John May, MD from the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health Center will discuss respiratory hazards, respiratory protection and supp...

Safety Farming with Vision Problems Vision impairment can be a significant barrier to completing farm tasks safely and efficiently, but many vision problems such as cataracts are treatable. Farmers are an at-risk population for cataracts and the Mid-Atlantic AgrAbility Project reminds...

Defining the Prevalence of Disabilities in New Jersey The Mid-Atlantic Agrability Project (MAAP) which is funded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture was created to inform, educate and assist farmers and agricultural workers with disabilities, as well as their families, so that they can con...

National Farm Safety Week - 2012 Statistics indicate that 85% of farm accidents typically happen to family members so safety should be a family affair. The safety of family members is just as important as hired workers but sometimes is taken for granted. For example, a farmer may ...

Respiratory Health on Farms The respiratory health of farmers has been identified as one of the major health concerns facing the farming population. Recent agrability surveys conducted by the Mid-Atlantic Agrability Project in New Jersey showed respiratory illnesses to be the ...

Arthritis and Agriculture Arthritis affects approximately one-third of all adult farm operators and is considered one of the leading causes of disability by customers of the USDA AgrAbility Project. With the average age of the American farmer now above 57, increasingly more f...