Description:
Each year, the National AgrAbility Project, in partnership with a State AgrAbility Project, hosts a four-day educational and training workshop intended to provide technical assistance and resources to professionals interacting with individuals and their families who farm or ranch despite a disability. Workshop participants are offered a wide array of sessions to increase their knowledge of strategies the farmer, rancher and farmworker use to continue working in production agriculture. The 2008 workshop sessions are being planned, but may provide participants with information related to: * Trends in disability and rehabilitation, * Applications of assistive technology to the agricultural setting, * Service strategies to meet a variety of needs of farmers with disabilities, and * Resources for outreach, marketing and funding AgrAbility projects.