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  1. Ohio State Food Waste Collaborative Conference

    https://fst.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-food-waste-collaborative-conference

    researchers, practitioners and students working together to promote the reduction and redirection of food ... waste. His research on food waste examines consumer behavior and attitudes about discarding food. Food ... the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive, on the university’s Columbus ...

  2. Safe Operation of Tractors while Mowing along Roadways

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/july-2015/machinery-maintenance/safe-operation-tractors-while-mowing-along

    By: Dewey Mann- Research Associate- “A 44-year-old farm owner was killed when the tractor he was ... http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/stateface/ky/98ky077.html Dewey Mann, research associate for agricultural safety and health, and lecturer for agricultural ...

  3. Happy Healthy Holidays – How to manage your work and health while indulging in holiday treats and parties

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/december-2017/ohio-agrability/happy-healthy-holidays-%E2%80%93-how-manage-your

    work through the holiday season. If you farm, the animals still need fed, the equipment needs inspected ... smarter, not harder. Ohio AgrAbility has a Farming with Diabetes fact sheet that offers helpful tips for ... managing your diabetes while working on the farm. For other Ohio AgrAbility fact sheets, please see the ...

  4. Ohio State Researchers: Eating Tomatoes May Protect Against Skin Cancer

    https://fst.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-researchers-eating-tomatoes-may-protect-against-skin-cancer

    risk of developing non-melanoma skin cancers? Researchers at The Ohio State University think the answer ... skin against UV light damage, said Jessica Cooperstone, co-author of the study and a   research ... “This preclinical research gets at that prevention aspect and rationalizes studying this issue further.” ...

  5. ‘Making the Connection’ with a Reliable Hitch Pin

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/machinery-maintenance/%E2%80%98making-connection%E2%80%99-reliable-hitch-pin

    By Dewey Mann, Research Associate- “A farmer connected a nurse tank of anhydrous ammonia to the ... the consequences can be disastrous, regardless of what is being towed. Smaller farm equipment may be ... Mann, research associate for agricultural safety and health, and lecturer for agricultural systems ...

  6. Ohio AgrAbility in Action: Fitness for Farm Life – One stretch, 3 ways

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/december-2019/ohio-agrability-action-fitness-farm-life-%E2%80%93-one-stretch-3

    Laura Akgerman, Disability Services Coordinator, Ohio AgrAbility Project: Farmers spend hours every day sitting, standing, carrying, lifting, pushing and pulling. Add in cold weather and it is natural to hunch your shoulders and back, just trying to stay ...

  7. High Tunnel Urban Ag Resources

    https://franklin.osu.edu/events/high-tunnel-urban-ag-resources

    Join us for a presentation updating the resources and funding opportunities for Franklin County residents to increase urban agriculture infrastructure and production using high tunnels and irrigation. The event is co-sponsored by USDA Natural Resources Co ...

  8. Safe Digging Practices for the Farm

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/april-2017/announcements/safe-digging-practices-farm

    Spring and summer seasons seem to spark additional excavation projects on the farm. National Safe ...

  9. OSHA & Ag

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/program-areas/osha-ag

    A 10-hour General Industry course designed for the agricultural workforce.   A training course for entry level workers and employers on the recognition, avoidance, abatement and prevention of safety and health hazards in the workplace, specifically the ag ...

  10. Preventing Heat Stress Illness

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/july-2017/injury-prevention/preventing-heat-stress-illness

    Kent McGuire – OSU Ag Safety & Health Coordinator Although summer has started out with mild ...

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