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The Youth Farm Safety Project and the Women’s Agricultural Network are collaborating on an overnight safety camp for young women (14-19) and their female farming mentors.
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“I love to ride my four-wheeler. It’s just pretty much my best friend. Whenever I feel bored, I’ll go ride.” Corey, a charismatic and well-spoken Vermont teen welcomes us to the 4-H “Play It Farm Safe” ATV […]
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The 4-H Youth Farm Safety Project is collaborating with the Patricia A. Hannaford Career and Technical Center to offer our first “Farm First Aid and CPR” class for teens. Open to anyone 13 to 16 years old, the class will cover CPR for adults and children, general first aid procedures, and farm-specific emergency information and scenarios. [...]
Posted 374 days ago. -
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Dear Eileen, Information on the Farms for City Kids organization can be found at http://www.farmsforcitykids.org/. They are a separate organization from 4-H, and have generously offered their site as the location for our Youth Farm Safety mini-camps. They have a lot of information on their website and can also be reached via phone at (802) [...]— [Read more]
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Registration is officially open for UVM Extension’s Thrills and Skills Youth Farm Safety mini-camps! The first of our four scheduled camps will be at Spring Brook Farm in Reading, VT on April 13 and 14. These overnight camps for youth, 12 to 15 years old, will provide a fun, informal environment for learning about farm safety through hands-on, [...]
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Hi Peter,
I hope you got my direct e-mail with the additonal information on the youth farm safety camps. Please let me know if you did not or have further questions. Thank you! kristen.mullins@uvm.edu— Kristen C. Mullins
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Hi Deborah, I will be sure to put you on the Youth Farm Safety “e-mailing list.” Thanks for your comment and interest. Kristen— Kristen C. Mullins
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Time for announcements from the Youth Farm Safety Project Corner! Interested in Being a Tractor Safety Instructor for Young Operators? Liz Kenton, out of the Brattleboro Extension Office, is coordinating a statewide training for adults who either want to teach tractor safety or already do teach tractor safety to young operators. The training is…[Read more]
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While it may not be the height of the season, I’ve got farm visits on my mind. Were any of you at the Farm-Based Education Conference at Shelburne Farms on Friday? As described in the brochure, this was a gathering of “nearly 200 farmers, teachers, non-formal educators, philanthropists, chefs, historians, land conservationists, journalists,…[Read more]
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What do you remember about your first job? My memories are vivid and immediate. They have a lot to do with who I am today. Heading out to the pasture with my beloved pup summer mornings; learning to drive the old Oliver; wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow of manure up the plank and into the spreader – and [...]
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