{"id":37699,"date":"2022-08-20T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.midwestfarmreport.com\/?p=37699"},"modified":"2022-08-18T20:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T01:29:05","slug":"childhood-ag-safety-network-starts-first-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midwestfarmreport.com\/2022\/08\/20\/childhood-ag-safety-network-starts-first-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood Ag Safety Network Starts First Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Childhood Agricultural Safety Network — associated with the National Farm Medicine Center and Marshfield Clinic — has named its first-ever leadership team. The team is beginning its first campaign centered around ATV\/UTV Safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think the future of CASN is much brighter, thanks to this team,\u201d says Marsha Salzwedel, National Children\u2019s Center project scientist and program manager for CASN. \u201cTheir diversity of ideas, skills and networking capabilities have already made an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The six-person leadership team was drawn from more than 170 organizations and individuals who comprise the Childhood Agricultural Safety Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leadership team members are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe team as a whole is a skillful team, representing broad areas of agriculture from indigenous to research to boots-on-the-ground people,\u201d says Sullivan. \u201cIt\u2019s a great nucleus to help spread the word about childhood agricultural safety and health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Team responsibilities include helping with the selection of topics and content for CASN campaigns, identifying potential collaborators, helping to lead strategic planning for the network, and engaging members in the CASN Online Community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pennington said it was energizing to see colleagues in-person after a three-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She is responsible for seeking feedback from CASN members on how to network, to meet in-person or online, and activities for regular collaboration in addition to the annual in-person meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur aim is to have something organized, for example a Zoom meeting or a more robust workshop, where we can interact with one another each quarter,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More frequent formal interactions, in addition to utilizing the new CASN Online Community, should enhance one of CASN\u2019s long-time strengths: sharing members\u2019 resources for the benefit of all members and for CASN campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first major campaign with the new team in place will feature all-terrain vehicle and utility-terrain vehicle (ATV\/UTV) safety, a specialty for Sullivan. The upcoming campaign will utilize a process developed by Melanie Forti and the rest of the leadership team allowing CASN members to easily submit their own resources to be shared in the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This type of coordinated effort is required to, \u201cchange the safety attitudes and behaviors of the ag community as a whole on key topics such as ATVs and UTVs,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CASN is a coalition established in 1999 through collaboration between the National Children\u2019s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, the Progressive Agriculture Foundation and Farm Safety 4 Just Kids. The National Children\u2019s Center is a program of the National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"