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Telling the Story Project shares farm safety messages
Published on September 18, 2018
The Telling the Story Project shares the stories of farmers, agricultural workers, and family and community members who’ve been impacted by injuries, fatalities, or close calls.
“Talking about farm safety makes it normal, and part of farm management, just like the markets or weather or policies are discussed,” says Stephanie Leonard, who helped develop the project. “This is just as important, and actually more, when you’re the person who stands to lose time at work from an injury or your life, even.”
(Read the full story in the Muscatine Journal)
Additional Media Coverage
This Week in Agribusiness (Sept. 15, 2018; part 4 of video)
https://www.farmfutures.com/farm-life/week-agribusiness-sept-15-2018
New farm safety website to debut in time for National Farm Safety Week
https://www.1011now.com/content/news/New-farm-safety-website-to-debut-in-time-for-National-Farm-Safety-Week-493335031.html