March 25-28
Lincoln, Nebraska
Conference Program
Session Descriptions
Conference Photos
Conference Session Materials (below)
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Monday, March 25
1:00 p.m.
- 8 am - 4 pm : Mental Health First Aid
- 1 pm - 4 pm:
- New Staff Training NAP Goodwill Special Populations Evaluation APRIL NIFA
- Worksite Assessment, Secondary Injury and AT Selection presentation
- Offsite tour of Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
- Offsite tour of UNL East Campus
- 5 pm - 6 pm: Poster Session and Reception
Tuesday, March 26
- 8 am - 9 am: Opening Conference Session
- 9:15 am - 10:00 am: Conference Breakout Sessions
- APRIL-What do you need from us? presentation
- How to work with AgrAbility-A Primer for Farmers and Ranchers Seeking Assistance presentation
- Core Competencies for AgrAbility Staff
- Selecting Suitable ATV or UTV presentation
- 10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Veterans Panel
- Money Talk$: Financial Education for Farmers presentation
- PI Session
- Asking the Right Questions and Finding the Right Resources for Caregivers, Ag Professionals, and Farmers
- Networking Room-Understanding Medicare Benefits, Meals Under Pressure, and Worm Composting
- 12 pm - 1:30 pm : Lunch
- 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Supporting Physical and Emotional Wellbeing for Rural Military Veterans presentation
- SustainABLE Farmer's Markets presentation handout handout spanish
- Sustainability for AgrAbility Programs notes from session
- Path and Paving Solutions to Increase Farmstead Accessibility presentation
- 2:40 pm - 3:40 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Vet Centers, A Place of Action
- The Need for Farm/Ranch Succession Planning presentation
- Indoor AT Show and Tell
- From Dreamworld to Death's Door and Back: The Opioid Journey on the Farm presentation
- 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm: Break
- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Development of 3D Printed Prostheses for Farmers and Veterans presentation
- Opening the Eyes of Many-Farming with a Visual Impairment presentation
- Farming or Ranching with a Disability or Health Condition? Social Security Considerations presentation
- Harvesting Happiness: What Ag Women Need to Know About Stress and Depression presentation handout 1 handout 2
- Outdoor AT Show and Tell Video of Jiffy Hitch
Wednesday, March 27
- 8:00 am - 8:45 am: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Development and Dissemination of the Job Aid Handbook: A training guide for garden, greenhouse, and small farm supervisors presentation
- Jessup Wagon 2.0 presentation
- Facilitating Collaboration Between SRAPs and Goodwill
- Drones: Tools not Toys presentation
- 8:55 am - 9:40 am: Conference Breakout Sessions
- A New Mission: How Extension can help veterans succeed presentation
- Alternative Income Streams for Farmers and Ranchers presentation
- Cultural Competency Panel Presentation: Baldwin, + Amish handout, Presentation: Mandujano
- How Yoga Helps Farmers, or Upward Cow Without the Lycra presentation
- 9:40 am - 10:10 am: Break
- 10:10 am - 10:55 am: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Building a Plan for Success: The New Agricultural Business presentation
- How to DIY Farmer's Market in the Digital Age
- Whoops! I Missed That presentation
- 10:10 am - 11:50 am: Conference Breakout Session
- AgrAbility Quality of Life Psychological Well-Being Improved by +28% vs. -4% & Qualitative Key Themes presentation handout
- 11:05 am - 11:55 am: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Working with State and National Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Grant Programs-Panel Discussion handout
- Safety-Sensitive Occupations: Dangers with Opioid Use and Farming presentation
- Worksite Assessment Collaboration presentation
- 12pm - 1:30pm: Lunch
- 1:30pm - 2:30 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Here's the story...of a lovely farmer (cue the Brady Bunch Theme Song) presentation
- A Caregiver's experience: Empowerment through AgrAbility presentation
- International Panel
- Planning and Accessible Farm Shop presentation
- 2:40 pm - 3:40 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Marketing for Non-marketers presentation
- Pets with a Purpose presentation
- Youth and Agriculture: Developing and implementing a pre-employment transition services program focused on agriculture using a peer-mentor model
- Keep Calm and Set Goals
- 3:40 pm - 4:10 pm: Break
- 4:10 pm - 4:44 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Intervention Strategies for Older Farmer Safety presentation
- NextGen & Negotiations Programs: Tackling two different challenges facing today's farmers and ranchers. presentation
- VR Partnership in Missouri presentation
- My Favorite Farm Tools and Devices That Save Time
- 6:00 pm Banquet and Auction with Keynote Speaker Carey Portell, farmer, motivational speaker and MO AgrAbility client
Thursday, March 28
- Tour 1 (Full day) - Robinette Farms, Rock Creek Aquaculture, Aaron Bock Farm, and Boiler Brewing Company
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Tour 2 (Full day) - Cancelled
- Tour 3 (Full day) - HETRA, Midwest Hop Producers and Kimmel Education and Research Center
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Tour 4 (Full day with half day drop off at 12:45 pm) - UNL Innovation Campus, Big Red Worms, Ficke Cattle, and Anchor Meadow Farms
- Tour 5 (Full day) - Grow with the Flow, Raising Nebraska at Fonner Park, and Gary Bader & Sons Feed yard