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Building a Toolkit for Child Agricultural Safety and Health Webinar
September 23, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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.
Presenter:
Marsha Salzwedel is a Project Scientist and the Agricultural Youth Safety Specialist at the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Areas of focus in include agritourism, non-working children and working youth. She earned a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from Edgewood College in Madison. Marsha grew up on a farm and maintains her ties with that community through the farm that she and her family still own and operate.
Free Webinar!
