National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety: Building a Toolkit for Child Agricultural Safety and Health

Join us as we introduce participants to the world of child agricultural safety and health. After learning about benefits, risks and hazards of living, working and playing on farms, we will explore safety strategies for safeguarding children. We will help participants build a toolkit for safeguarding children and youth in the agricultural environment. All tools and resources used to build these toolkits are available free of charge.

Intended Audience: Farm parents and supervisors/employers, ag safety and health professionals, agricultural industry organizations, Extension, agricultural youth focused organizations (e.g. FFA, 4-H), etc.

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Melissa Ploeckelman Brown

Outreach Specialist

National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS)

Melissa Ploeckelman Brown is a powerhouse of passion and purpose, serving as the Outreach Specialist for the National Farm Medicine Center and the National Children’s Center for Rural Agricultural Health and Safety. Before she was spreading the word about farm safety, she spent six years inspiring the next generation as an agriculture instructor, FFA advisor, and Youth Apprenticeship coordinator in the Colby School District. Melissa's roots run deep—literally. Raised on her family’s dairy farm in Stetsonville (where she still jumps in to help), she’s been living and breathing agriculture her whole life. A proud 2010 grad of UW–River Falls with a degree in agricultural education, Melissa’s leadership shone early on when she served as the 2006–2007 State FFA Parliamentarian, was crowned 2008 Marathon County Fairest of the Fairs, and went on to become the 2009 State Fairest of the Fairs in Wisconsin. Today, Melissa is on a mission to keep farm families safe, one story at a time. Whether she’s in the classroom, the barn, or the garden, she’s always planting seeds of awareness and cultivating safer futures for rural communities.

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Webinar: Building a Toolkit for Child Agricultural Safety and Health
Recorded 09/23/2020  |   Closed captions available
Recorded 09/23/2020  |   Closed captions available
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