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Program Area:
Our 1st place poster winner Leah Baker, Paulding County
Our 2nd place poster winner Claire Schroeder, Putnam County
Farm safety day camps provide youth an opportunity to learn about agricultural hazards and injury prevention. The mission of the camp program is to teach youth about rural dangers; however the campers do not have to be farm children to benefit from the educational sessions. Injuries from horses, livestock, ponds, lawn mowers and electricity can occur to anyone, not just farm kids. Campers learn in a fun, interactive way the consequences of poor judgement around power machinery, flowing grain, and livestock. Hands-on demonstrations enforce the safety messages to youth that they will never be able to overpower a machine, hold on during a tractor roll-over, or escape from flowing grain. This year marks the 12th year of a state program that educates youth about farm dangers. To date, approximately 16,500 Ohio youth have attended sessions that focus on rural safety—everyone, including the adult volunteers, have fun by interacting with one another, all in an effort to be reminded of safety. For more information about camps, please contact Kathy Henwood via email or at 614-292-0622. |
Farm Safety Camp 2009 Locations:
Putnam County Date: April 14 & 15 Place: Ruth Gerding Farm Contact: Ruth Gerding 419-523-5608
Camp Palmer
Date: May 21, 2009 Place: 4-H Camp Palmer Contact: Bill Goodson 419-237-2247
Wood County
Date: May TBA Place: Agriculture Incubator Foundation Contact: David Little 419-833-6014
Licking County
Date: June 26, 2009 Place: Devine Farms Contact: Lisa McCutcheon 740-670-5315
Monroe County
Date: September/ October Place: Beallsville Elementary School Contact: Bruce Zimmer 740-472-0810 zimmer2@postoffice.ag.ohio-state.edu
Shelby County
Date: TBA (Fall) Place: Shelby County Fairgrounds Contact: Joy Aufderhaar 937-498-7239
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The Agricultural Safety and Health
program at The Ohio State University
in the Department of Food, Agricultral
and Biological Engineering is a nationally
recognized center of excellence for
educational extension programming an
agricultural safety and health research.
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