Rural agricultural health and safety resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/agri_health/ Provides an overview of agriculture in urbanizing parts of the United States. Suggests that innovative local, state, and national policies can have an important influence on the future of rural-urban interface agriculture. -- Rural Sociological Society http://ruralsociology.org/pubs/RuralRealities/RuralRealities2-4.pdf Tue, 13 May 2008 09:05:07 CST http://ruralsociology.org/pubs/RuralRealities/RuralRealities2-4.pdf Davenport IA November 20, 2008 -- Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/icash/ Wed, 07 May 2008 17:01:21 CST http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/icash/ The current industrial farm animal production system often poses unacceptable risks to public health, the environment and the welfare of the animals themselves, according to an extensive 2-year examination conducted by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (PCIFAP). http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=38438 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:09:35 CST http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=38438 Provides key resources focused on young worker's safety and health. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/youth/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:15:10 CST http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/youth/ Contains information contributed by safety professionals and organizations from across the nation to educate about occupational hazards, promote safety, and to provide prevention information. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/search.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:04:15 CST http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/search.html Summarizes what is known about farmworkers immigration status, housing, and other factors. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/April08/Features/HiredFarm.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:48:38 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/April08/Features/HiredFarm.htm Funding to provide grants for vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities who are migrant and seasonal farmworkers and to the family members who are residing with those individuals. -- Office of Special Education Programs http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1503 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:05:26 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1503 Stabilizing farm income, helping farmers conserve land and water resources, providing credit to new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and helping farm operations recover from the effects of disaster are the missions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA). http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/ Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:46:30 CST http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/ Springfield IL June 18, 2008 http://www.agrisafe.org/files/ILTrainingBrochure.pdf Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:01:32 CST http://www.agrisafe.org/files/ILTrainingBrochure.pdf Springfield IL May 21, 2008 http://www.agrisafe.org/files/ILTrainingBrochure.pdf Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:59:32 CST http://www.agrisafe.org/files/ILTrainingBrochure.pdf Funding to improve the economic and social well being of U.S. agriculture, the food system and rural communities. -- Farm Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1753 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:00:11 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1753 Discusses the economic impacts of direct farm payments and Business & Industry loan guarantees. A RUPRI Farm Bill Policy Brief. -- Rural Policy Research Institute http://www.rupri.org/Forms/PolicyBrief_Johnson.pdf Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:59:29 CST http://www.rupri.org/Forms/PolicyBrief_Johnson.pdf Works to protect and promote the health and safety of farmers, farmworkers, their families and their neighbors. Located at the University of Iowa's School of Public Health. http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/gpcah/ Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:21:56 CST http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/gpcah/ Newsletter addressing agricultural health and safety issues. -- Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/icash/publications/ Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:20:07 CST http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/icash/publications/ Examines the issues related to studying health effects associated with chronic low-dose exposure to pesticides particularly in the farmworker population. -- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/8526/8526.pdf Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:11:46 CST http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/8526/8526.pdf Focuses on new and innovative ways to address farmworker health outreach, sustainability, cultural competency, and health education and prevention. -- Farmworker Health Services, Inc. http://www.farmworkerhealth.org/newsletter.html Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:28:42 CST http://www.farmworkerhealth.org/newsletter.html Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of agricultural health and safety, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers. -- Rural Health Research Gateway http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000048/ Wed, 02 May 2007 13:14:55 CST http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000048/ State-by-state list of farm rescue or response programs, Cooperative Extension Safety Specialists, and State EMS Training Coordinators. -- Office of Rural Health Policy http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/REMSTTAC/FarmRescueDirectory.asp Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:33:26 CST http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/REMSTTAC/FarmRescueDirectory.asp Lists state and national foundations with an interest in environmental health. -- National Association of County and City Health Officials http://www.naccho.org/topics/fundingguide/fundingmap_aug06.cfm Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.naccho.org/topics/fundingguide/fundingmap_aug06.cfm An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks people may encounter in everyday life. Users can focus on farm, town, city or U.S.-Mexico border environmental health concerns. -- National Library of Medicine http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ A national non-profit health care organization working with local communities to improve the quality of life of farmworker families. http://www.farmworkerhealth.org/ Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.farmworkerhealth.org/