Plowshares Technical Articles
Plowshares are technical articles that were published by the Breaking New Ground Resource Center over several years. Each report focuses on a specific topic on farming/ranching with a disability.
Fact Sheets from Maine AgrAbility
Fact Sheets from Ohio AgrAbility
Farm Family Resources
Physical Limitations
Health Related Conditions
Injury Prevention
- Injury Prevention: Types of Cold Stress, AEX.981.13-11
- Injury Prevention: Working in Cold Weather, AEX-981.14-11
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Using Braces to Reduce Joint Injuries, AEX-982.8-1
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Repetitive Motion, AEX- 981.12-11
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Understanding Concussions, AEX-981.11-11
- Secondary Injury Caused by Lifting, AEX-981.1-10
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Caught-in, Caught-between, or Struck by Objects, AEX-981.2-10
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Walking and Working Surfaces, AEX-981.3-10
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Ergonomics for the Farm, AEX-981.6-10
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Safety for Senior Farmers, AEX-981.7-10
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Farming with a Pacemaker, AEX_981_8_10.pdf
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Heat Stress, AEX_981_4_10.pdf
- Overexertion Causing Secondary Injury, AEX-981.5-10
Academic publications on Disability and Agriculture
For several years, research relating to issues of working in agriculture with a disability has been published. The AgrAbility Project has made a partial bibliography of these publications and media available.