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Rural Project Examples: Migrants

Other Project Examples

Updated/reviewed January 2026

  • Need: In 2006, Pennsylvania agricultural producers and farmworker population needed guidance for Environmental Protection Agency agricultural pesticide safety compliance.
  • Intervention: In collaboration with Pennsylvania State University agriculture and pesticide experts, the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health developed a comprehensive education and technical assistance outreach program with materials — including videos — to provide updated compliance information in a language- and custom-appropriate format.
  • Results: Continuing today with funding through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, the program is delivered by a Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Specialist who provides the following: WPS technical and compliance assistance to nearly 2,000 farms, greenhouses, nurseries, orchards and other agricultural production sites and conference and event presentations and exhibits reaching thousands.