23. Accessibility in Agriculture

02/10/2024 20 min
23. Accessibility in Agriculture

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Episode Synopsis

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 19% of U.S. farmers and 9% of U.S. farmworkers had a disability at some point between 2008 and 2016.INFB had a conversation with Paul Jones, an education and resource specialist working on the AgrAbility project at Purdue University, to learn more about the resources available to help farmers with disabilities.