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I-CASH Home > 2016 MRASH

2016 MRASH

2016 Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety and Health Conference: Safeguarding Farm Livelihoods. November 15-16, 2016, Terrace View Event Center, Sioux Center, IA.

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The Sioux Center community is excited to welcome us for our 15th Annual Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety and Health (MRASH) Conference. There are many ways to participate – we are still accepting poster abstracts and welcome sponsors and exhibitors to our conference. Below is a brief overview of the conference schedule.  More details on the conference schedule will also be posted on the website as they are confirmed.

Poster abstracts are still being accepted!  Submit here or email Gayle Olson at gayle-olson@uiowa.edu.

Tuesday, November 15
AM.  Focus on Prevention by Design
PM.  Concurrent breakout sessions on research and outreach topics by ag safety and health professionals in the Midwest region
Eve.  Poster reception

Wednesday, November 16
AM.  Focus on grassroots involvement and participation through keynote, concurrent producer panels and small group discussions
PM. Agricultural Health Fair and Safety Expo

This conference is a place where people from many different perspectives on agricultural health and safety come together to share concerns, ideas, solutions and results.  Please join us if you are a farmer, farm worker, health care professional, safety and health professional, educators, ag organization and agribusiness representative, ag employer, advocate of migrant farm workers, media member or policy maker. Participants may register for one or both days with reduced rates for active farmers and students.  See you in Sioux Center!


Program questions?
Contact Gayle Olson at gayle-olson@uiowa.edu         

Registration questions? Contact UI Center for Conferences at conferences@uiowa.edu


 Conference Sponsors:

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