Rural Agricultural Health and Safety – Resources
Selected recent or important resources focusing on Rural Agricultural Health and Safety.
National Center for Farmworker Health Webinars
List of upcoming webinars by the National Center for Farmworker Health.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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List of upcoming webinars by the National Center for Farmworker Health.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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HeatRisk
Offers 7 day heat risk and air quality data at the zip code level. Includes resources and information for healthcare professionals and consumers, particularly those at elevated risk for heat-related illnesses, for protecting health in hot conditions.
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Offers 7 day heat risk and air quality data at the zip code level. Includes resources and information for healthcare professionals and consumers, particularly those at elevated risk for heat-related illnesses, for protecting health in hot conditions.
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Telling the Story Project
Project promoting agricultural health and safety through storytelling and case studies. Includes classroom discussion guides, videos, and other resources.
Sponsoring organizations: Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, National Farm Medicine Center, Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
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Project promoting agricultural health and safety through storytelling and case studies. Includes classroom discussion guides, videos, and other resources.
Sponsoring organizations: Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, National Farm Medicine Center, Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
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Cultivate Safety
Website offering resources on health and safety for youth in agricultural settings, including consideration of both working and non-working youth. Offers guidelines for supervisors of working youth under 18, video demonstrations, hazard mapping tools, agritourism safety information, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, National Farm Medicine Center
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Website offering resources on health and safety for youth in agricultural settings, including consideration of both working and non-working youth. Offers guidelines for supervisors of working youth under 18, video demonstrations, hazard mapping tools, agritourism safety information, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, National Farm Medicine Center
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Una Voz Para La Salud (Call for Health) Information and Referral Service
National bilingual health information and referral service for farmworkers. Offers assistance with locating healthcare, interpretation, support services, and more.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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National bilingual health information and referral service for farmworkers. Offers assistance with locating healthcare, interpretation, support services, and more.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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AgriStress Helpline: Crisis Support for Agricultural Communities
Helpline connects farmers and agricultural workers to trained professionals offering mental health support and resources in their area. Provides crisis support tailored for the agricultural community with an understanding of the values, stressors, and lived experiences of the agricultural community. Helpline is open 24/7 and is currently available in CT, MO, PA, TX, VA, and WY.
Sponsoring organization: AgriSafe Network
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Helpline connects farmers and agricultural workers to trained professionals offering mental health support and resources in their area. Provides crisis support tailored for the agricultural community with an understanding of the values, stressors, and lived experiences of the agricultural community. Helpline is open 24/7 and is currently available in CT, MO, PA, TX, VA, and WY.
Sponsoring organization: AgriSafe Network
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Talking Total Farmer Health
Podcast that discusses agricultural health and safety issues with experts in the field.
Sponsoring organization: AgriSafe Network
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Podcast that discusses agricultural health and safety issues with experts in the field.
Sponsoring organization: AgriSafe Network
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Rural Resilience: Farm Stress Training
A self-paced online course for groups that work with farmers and ranchers to learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of stress and suicide, ways to effectively communicate with people under stress, and how to reduce stigma related to mental health concerns.
Sponsoring organizations: American Farm Bureau Federation, Farm Credit, Michigan State University Extension, National Farmers Union, University of Illinois Extension
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A self-paced online course for groups that work with farmers and ranchers to learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of stress and suicide, ways to effectively communicate with people under stress, and how to reduce stigma related to mental health concerns.
Sponsoring organizations: American Farm Bureau Federation, Farm Credit, Michigan State University Extension, National Farmers Union, University of Illinois Extension
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Agricultural Safety Health Training Portal
Evidence-based online training for supervisors, teachers, and parents to help protect the safety and health of all agricultural, forestry and fishing industry workers, including adolescent and young adults, who are at risk of injury. Core courses cover occupational hazards associated with livestock handling, biological risk management, transportation, and skin disorders and diseases of the lung, as well as using personal protective equipment and general health information.
Sponsoring organization: Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
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Evidence-based online training for supervisors, teachers, and parents to help protect the safety and health of all agricultural, forestry and fishing industry workers, including adolescent and young adults, who are at risk of injury. Core courses cover occupational hazards associated with livestock handling, biological risk management, transportation, and skin disorders and diseases of the lung, as well as using personal protective equipment and general health information.
Sponsoring organization: Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
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Rural Firefighters Delivering Agricultural Safety and Health (RF-DASH)
Provides farm safety resources for rural firefighters in 7 states. Provides access to free online tools with registration: SaferFarm.org, which analyzes hazardous elements on farms that could lead to injury, and NFMCFarmMapper.com, which helps fire departments preplan their response to fires on farms.
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
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Provides farm safety resources for rural firefighters in 7 states. Provides access to free online tools with registration: SaferFarm.org, which analyzes hazardous elements on farms that could lead to injury, and NFMCFarmMapper.com, which helps fire departments preplan their response to fires on farms.
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
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Last Updated: 4/15/2025