Telling the Story: Using Personal Experiences to Strengthen Farm Safety and Well-Being

Live Webinar: Wednesday, Sept 23 - 11am-12pm Central Time

This interactive panel presentation will highlight stories from the Telling the Story Project (https://tellingthestoryproject.org), a project that shares real experiences related to agricultural injuries, fatalities, and near misses. Five panelists representing agricultural safety, health, communications, and lived experience perspectives will each share or summarize one story from the project and discuss the prevention lessons connected to that experience.

The presentation will focus on how storytelling can increase awareness, encourage safer decision-making, reduce stigma around difficult conversations, and strengthen the overall health and well-being of farm families and agricultural workers.

Intended Audience: Farm families, agricultural workers, ranchers, farm youth, agricultural safety and health professionals, Extension educators, healthcare providers, and others who support agricultural communities.

Panelists will include Ellen Duysen, Aaron Yoder, Scott Heiberger, Devon Charlier, and Melissa Ploeckelman Brown.