June 2022 Issue
The Progressive Agriculture Foundation is Hiring
The Progressive Agriculture Foundation is looking for a Program Support Specialist to join the team.

The Foundation is seeking an energetic, creative, outgoing individual who can effectively support the Foundation's volunteers, staff, stakeholders, and programming needs. The position will also mentor and collaborate in the training of volunteers serving as PAF Safety Day Coordinators. The position is remote within Northwestern Wisconsin/Eastern Minnesota, United States. 

Those interested in applying should send a resume and letter of interest to careers@progressiveag.org by June 15, for consideration.

Click here for the full position description and more information to apply.
June’s PAF Safety Day Corner Message 
Whether doing yard work or completing daily farm chores, enjoying a family camping trip, or taking a hike through the woods, bugs tend to try and ruin your pleasurable experience. While we invest money on citronella candles, zappers, and spray to keep pesky bugs away, we often still end up with bug bites. If we are lucky, we only need to put up with the annoying itching and irritation a few days at most, but sometimes bug bites can lead to bigger problems, especially when it comes to ticks. 

Progressive Agriculture Foundation Featured in Penn Lines Magazine
The Progressive Agriculture Foundation, and its Progressive Agriculture Safety Day program were featured in the May 2022 issue of Penn Lines Magazine. The cover story was entitled In Good Hands: Keeping Kids Safe on the Farm. 

Penn Lines Online is the electronic version of the monthly news magazine by the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association (PREA) and read by more than 400,000 electric cooperative consumer-members in Pennsylvania.

Click here to read the full article online. 

Photo Credit: Penn Lines Magazine
Brian Kuhl, President and CEO, Joined Industry Experts for Stakeholder Advisory Board Meeting
The National Children’s Center for Rural Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) Stakeholder Advisory Board met May 3-4, 2022, in Minneapolis, MN. Front row (L-R): Jennifer Leonardo, Ph.D., Children’s Safety Network; Dee Jepsen, Ph.D., Ohio State University (chair); Athena Ramos, Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center; Suzanne Wright, M.D., Marshfield Clinic Pediatrics. Back row (L-R): David Schwebel, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham; Brian Kuhl, Progressive Agriculture Foundation; Matthew Keifer, M.D., University of Washington; Joseph Grzywacz, Ph.D., Florida State University. “In my 30-plus years with the Center, this meeting was the best organized and most valuable advisory board meeting we have convened,” Barbara Lee, Ph.D., director of NCCRAHS, said. “I am so grateful and fortunate to be part of our collective efforts!”

This content and image came from the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety Newsletter Nurture. 
Learn How You Can Get Involved with the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day Program
Are you interested in becoming more involved with the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day program, but not sure where to begin? Check out the updated list of five different ways you or your company/organization can become more involved today. You can: Lead the Charge, Serve as a Volunteer, Be a Connector, Share the Message, or Support our Mission. 
Progressive Agriculture Safety Day

More than 300 children filled the Vermilion County fairgrounds Wednesday. That was for Progressive Ag Safety Day. Students learned about grain bins, all-terrain vehicle safety, even nutrition and mindfulness. (WCIA)

 
Progressive Agriculture Safety Day Planned
 
Springtime brings everything out of winter dormancy and into production. With the warmer temperatures, plants and grasses begin to flourish bringing folks outside. Many of whom will be planting, harvesting, landscaping, or welcoming new livestock and pets. (Walterboro Live) 
 
 
Carle Center for Rural Health and Farm Safety host Progressive Agriculture Safety Days

The Carle Center for Rural Health and Farm Safety and local school districts are hosting Progressive Agriculture Safety Days to teach more than 600 students about health and safety skills. (WAND) 

 
10th Annual Discover the Farm: A Farm Facts Experience 

The Swift Current Agricultural and Exhibition Association hosted our 10th Annual Discover the Farm: A Farm Facts Experience & Progressive Agriculture Safety Day, in-person at Kinetic Park, on April 27 & 28, and virtually May 3 & 4. (Prairie Post) 

 
Carle Progressive Safety Day Aims to Keep Kids Safe

Summer is around the corner, and Carle’s Center for Rural Health and Farm Safety wants to keep kids safe during the summer vacation period. Over 325 fifth and sixth-graders from some area schools attended Carle’s Progressive Agriculture Safety Day Wednesday at the Vermilion County Fairgrounds. (Vermilion County First)

 
MV Students Participate in Progressive Ag Safety Day

Progressive Agriculture Safety Day was held at Maquoketa Valley High School on Friday, April 29th with over 150 students, teachers, adult volunteers, and FFA members in attendance. (KMCH)

 
Talk of the Towns, May 7, 2022
 
Fifth- and sixth-graders at Potomac Grade School attended Progressive Ag Safety Day. (News-Gazette) 

 
Strengthening their ‘superpowers’
 
Long shadows were forming under the live oak trees at Florida Best Blueberry Farm, as families and volunteers gathered for the first Citrus County 4-H Progressive Agriculture Safety event. (Citrus County Chronicle) 
 

Progressive Ag Safety Day held at Jefferson County Fairgrounds
 
Several buildings at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds became large classrooms for second-graders last week when Penn State Extension presented its annual Progressive Ag Safety Day. (The Courier Express) 


Nearly 400 Area Second Graders Attend Clarion County Agriculture Safety Days

Nearly 400 second graders from Clarion and Forest Counties attended Clarion County Agriculture Safety Days last Thursday. (Explore Clarion) 


Ag Day Promotes Safety on and off the Farm

Not every child grows up on a farm, but still, every child needs to know about safety in and around the farm. (Journal-Republican) 
Stay Connected, Stay Safe