AgrAbility

2017 AgrAbility National Training Workshop

March 20-23, 2017 | Knoxville, Tennessee

Conference Session Materials

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Monday, March 25

1:00 p.m.

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
  • 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

 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
  • 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
  • Tour 2 (Full day) – Cancelled
  • Tour 3 (Full day) – HETRA, Midwest Hop Producers and Kimmel Education and Research Center
  • 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