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Client Story: Andy Byrd and Whippoorwhill Hollow
Becky Brightwell, project manager of AgrAbility in Georgia, often compares Georgia farmer and AgrAbility client Andy Byrd to Walt Disney. While Andy Byrd is not a famous screen producer and Walt Disney was not an organic farmer with a disability, Andy, like Walt Disney, is a visionary. It was Andy’s vision that helped him create Whippoorwill Hollow Organic Farms all from the seat of his 4x4 wheelchair.
"Ultimate All-Terrain Test"
Successful Farming magazine editors took a week to test and evaluate several ATVs. See their comments and specific ATV comparison test results. (2/08)
"Ultimate All-Terrain Test:" Successful Farming's team of trail riders and engineers put several utility vehicles (UVs) and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) through a series of tests. What they found may be of interest to AgrAbility staff and/or farmers and ranchers with a disability when considering these vehicles (2/08).
The Guide to Financing Business and/or Assistive Technology (PDF) offers funding resources available through public disability-related funding sources, private disability-related programs or charitable organizations, USDA, and the Small Business Administration. The Guide also provides numerous examples of how AgrAbility clients used the funding awarded (1/08)
Fall 2007 Newsletter - Client Story: Gary Wical
In February 2007, Gary sustained a traumatic injury when his pant leg was caught in a PTO driveline, resulting in a bilateral above-the-knee amputation. While Gary was still in the hospital, Gregg Sparks, Gary’s neighbor, began organizing friends and neighbors to help him. Before long, Gregg had amassed a team of forty neighbors united in a single mission: Get Gary back to farming.
An Ergonomics Case Study: Accommodationg Farmers on a John Deere Family Farm (PDF)
(Reprinted here with permission from the author, Mr. Zachary Simon, December, 2007).
Replacement Seats, Seat Belts and Instructional Seats
Are you thinking of replacing or upgrading the seat in your John Deere tractor? Details of seats for John Deere tractors from the 30 Series to the present day John Deere tractors are listed here.
Summer 2007 Newsletter - Polio: Lasting Effects
In 1944, when the Polio epidemic was still sweeping across the nation, it found two-year-old Gerald Anderson. As a result of the viral infection Gerald had to learn to adapt to a slightly underdeveloped left arm. Yet, as he grew up on his family’s sheep farm in central Utah, his weakened left arm did not slow him down.
Also Featuring: Post Polio Syndrome, Aging and Livestock Handling, AgrAbility of Utah