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Safe Digging Practices for the Farm
Spring and summer seasons seem to spark additional excavation projects on the farm. National Safe Digging Month is recognized in April, at the beginning of this season. The goal of this awareness campaign is to remind project designers and landowners to ...
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Celebrating Occupational Therapy Outreach for the Farm
April is occupational therapy (OT) month. OT practitioners focus on helping clients perform everyday activities to their highest potential. In Ohio, we also recognize the OT’s who help farmers stay farming after a life changing condition. These conditions ...
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Wellness: Exercise and Eat Healthy to Reduce Your Risk of Cancer
Laura Akgerman – Disability Services Coordinator for Ohio AgrAbility: April is time for planting crops, enjoying spring flowers, and planning your garden. The weather is warmer, it’s a treat to go outside for a walk, and all of your New Year’s health reso ...
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Preparedness Is Having a Plan
Lisa Pfeifer – OSU Ag Safety and Health Education Coordinator: Inclement weather is a part of spring in Ohio and being prepared is a means for preventing the worst outcome. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration lays out a helpful preparednes ...
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April 2017
https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/april-2017
Ag Safety S.T.A.T. – Safe Tactics for Ag Today is an electronic newsletter prepared by team members from the OSU Extension Agricultural Safety & Health Office. The goal is to provide seasonal safety news and activities that may be re-published in you ...
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Stay Safe During Spring Planting Season
Kent McGuire – OSU Ag Safety and Health Coordinator: Spring planting is a time when farmers and farm workers are continuously moving from one piece of equipment to another and climbing on equipment to fill with seed or make repairs. Long hours, fatigue, ...
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Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC)
PERC is a cooperative agreement between the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs and University of California Davis Extension, in collaboration with Oregon State University. PERC is the clearinghouse for the development of pesticide education materials ...
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Pony Cart Lighting and Marking
https://agsafety.osu.edu/programs/amish-program/pony-cart
Developing Effective Lighting and Marking Designs for Use on Amish Pony Carts and Other Low-Profile Horse-Drawn Wagons: Dr. Dee Jepsen Summary: More commonly children in pony carts are being involved in crashes with automobiles. Many fatalities are larg ...
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Julie Fox Guest Editor of Metropolitan Universities Journal
https://cityextension.osu.edu/news/julie-fox-guest-editor-metropolitan-universities-journal
Julie Fox, Director of Extension in the City and the Central Region of Ohio State University Extension, was guest editor of the latest issue of Metropolitan Universities, Vol. 28.1, "Urban Food Networks." The journal is a publication of the Coal ...
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4-H Trip Opportunities
https://miami.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/4-h-trip-opportunities
Attention 4-H members, ages 14-18 as of January 1, 2018- applications for state and national trips are now available! Youth applying for these exciting opportunities will need to complete a “resume” and interview. The deadline for submitting resumes is ...