The
Vermont AgrAbility Project will host the 2nd annual Farmer's Field Day
on Thursday July 30, 2015 at the Kayhart Brothers Dairy in West Addison,
VT (7429 VT Route 17W) from 9-3:30. Everybody is welcome and lunch will
be served to the first 150 in attendence.
The
Vermont AgrAbility Project is a USDA-funded program administered by UVM
Extension and the Vermont Center for Independent Living. The Project
helps farmers, families, and farmworkers with disabilities find ways to
continue farming and living successfully while maintaining a high
quality of life.
After
a highly successful 2014 Field Day, the Vermont AgrAbility Project
looks forward to another exciting event this year with even more
presentations, demonstrations, and vendors. As the day's events continue
to evolve attendees can anticipate such highlights as presentations by
representatives of Vermont's Farmer Veteran Coalition and the future
direction of AgrAbility services geared toward returning veterans,
demonstrations of adaptive farming equipment, and personal glimpses of
current and former Vermont AgrAbility Project clients on how they keep
farming with a disability.
Several
vendors will be present such as Life Essentials, Farm Arm (Northeastern
University students who help engineer adaptive farming equipment), the
Amputee Coalition of America, among others. University of Vermont will
have several informational booths to help current farmers and those
wishing to get into farming find resources to improve their existing
operation or to begin their passion for agriculture. Representatives
from Vermont Center for Independent Living will be available to talk
about AgrAbility services and help those interested initiate services.
If
you are a farmer with any type of disability, are a veteran interested
in farming, or know someone who is, this event is for you! For more
information or to request a disability-related accommodation please
contact George Cook at (802) 888-4972 or email vtagrability@uvm.edu.
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