Building upon a 27-year strong partnership of university of wisconsin-extension (uwex) and easter seals wisconsin (ESW), the agrability of wisconsin (AAW) model includes education, networking,…

Building upon a 27-year strong partnership of university of wisconsin-extension (uwex) and easter seals wisconsin (ESW), the agrability of wisconsin (AAW) model includes education, networking, direct assistance and marketing objectives, measured in collaboration with national agrability project, designed to meet the overall project goal: AAW assistance will allow farmers with disabilities to successfully return to the farm or continue farming, while avoiding secondary injuries. Education and training on farm culture and accommodating disability will be provided to health, agricultural and government service providers, e.g. rural health practitioners, state USDA agencies, wisconsin division of vocational rehabilitation (DVR), future health professionals, agricultural equipment dealers, and uwex agents; AAW will also provide an agricultural career exploration course to youth with disabilities. AAW will focus attention on aging, hmong, amish, and veteran farmers in wisconsin, by creatingtargeted materials for awareness of AAW services in collaboration with organizations serving those populations.former and current AAW clients will participate in a farmer network, AAW summit, neighbor-to-neighbor meetings, and an advisory council. AAW will network with governmental, agriculture and health organizations including USDA agencies, national farmmedicine center, FFA, wisconsin farm center-datcp, and veterans organizations to utilize their strengths in serving farmers. AAW will provide direct assistance to 125 new and returning farmers annually and will accept 75 new referrals each year. 125 farm worksite visits/assessments will be completed each year; 25 will be completed by leveraging DVR funding. Marketing includes social media, website, newsletter, brochure, radio interviews, newspaper articles, project display, and assistive technology exchange website promotion.