General Farm Health & Safety Organizations

Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America

Mission: To proactively address ongoing and emerging occupational safety and health issues affecting U.S. agriculture.

Goals for the Council include:

• Pursue national strategies to reduce agricultural injuries and fatalities, based on reliable data and emerging issues.
  
• Guide the development of effective delivery systems for safety and health through communications involving leaders representing producers, agribusiness, insurance, safety associations and others.
  
• Influence research priorities to rapidly identify best management practices for worker safety and health that maximize cost efficiency and sustainability.

AgriSafe Network

A national membership organization, representing rurally-based hospitals, health clinics, and county health departments that provide preventive occupational health services for the farming community. One of the few organizations focusing exclusively on the provision of health and safety services to farmers and their families.

Australian Centre for Agricultural Safety and Health

Assists rural Australians to attain improved levels of health and well-being by action to reduce the incidence and severity of injury and illness associated with life and work in agriculture.

Canadian Agricultural Safety Association

Established in response to a need for a national farm safety networking and coordinating agency to address problems of illness, injuries and accidental death in farmers, their families and agricultural workers. Since then, its mission has been to improve the health and safety conditions of those that live, and or, work on Canadian farms.

Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture

The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA) was established in 2006, the year we celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Centre for Agricultural Medicine, the predecessor of the Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health (I.ARE.H).

Building on 20 years of leadership in agricultural safety and rural health issues, we have evolved into a new national centre of excellence which has an expanded mandate in the field of agricultural safety, rural health, delivery of training programs and knowledge translation.

Center for Food Security and Public Health

The CFSPH is a CDC Center for Public Health Preparedness and is the only Center to focus on veterinary medicine and zoonotic diseases. Located at Iowa State University, the CFSPH has worked to increase awareness of bioterrorism, agroterrorism and foreign animal diseases among veterinarians, farmers, medical personnel and the general public.

Farm Safety Association, Inc. (Ontario, Canada)

Established in 1973 under Section 123 of the Workers Compensation Act of Ontario for the purpose of promoting safety and providing safety education to farm employers.

Illinois Network for Agricultural Safety and Health

(University of Illinois)
Addresses agricultural safety and health issues in Illinois by promoting and improving intervention efforts. INASH is a forum that brings together diverse segments of the agricultural community. We develop, coordinate, and implement strategies to reduce the frequency and severity of injuries and illnesses associated with agriculture.

Iowa AgrAbility Program (Easter Seals FaRM Program and Iowa State University Extension)

A program that helps farm families affected by disabilities to adapt their homes and farms.
The program can help any family member with a disability to:
• modify tools, equipment, and machinery,
• make home and farm buildings more accessible, and
• find services that meet specific needs

Iowa Newspaper Association

An association of 310 daily and weekly newspapers, working together to provide the citizens of Iowa with information and leadership for today and far into the 21st century.

Iowa State University Websites:

ISU Homepage
ISU Extension Homepage
ISU Extension Distribution Center Online Store
ISU Extension Pest Management and the Environment

National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS)

Dedicated to preventing illnesses, injuries, and deaths among farmers and ranchers, agricultural and horticultural workers, their families, and their employees. NECAS offers safety education and proactive programs to help prevent incidents that affect your agribusiness safety and welfare.

National Institute for Farm Safety, Inc (NIFS)

see International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health (ISASH)

NIOSH Agricultural Centers

Established as part of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / NIOSH Agricultural Health and Safety Initiative in 1990. The nine Centers were established by cooperative agreement to conduct research, education, and prevention projects to address the nation’s pressing agricultural health and safety problems. Geographically, the Centers are distributed throughout the nation (including the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health in Iowa )to be responsive to the agricultural health and safety issues unique to the different regions.

Rural Assistance Center

A product of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Rural Initiative, the Rural Assistance Center (RAC) was established in December 2002 as a rural health and human services "information portal." RAC helps rural communities and other rural stakeholders access the full range of available programs, funding, and research that can enable them to provide quality health and human services to rural residents. 
          Agricultural Health and Safety Resources

Rural Family Medicine

Presents information and resources for rural practitioners and physicians. Contains a collection of websites helpful to these groups and has search capabilities.