AgrAbility helps disabled farmers keep farming

Claire Martin, writing in the Denver Post, 3/22/07, takes a look at Colorado's AgrAbility program, which provides help to disabled farmers. Several other states have similar programs. (I didn't know that. Did you?)

For more information, including a directory for federal and state projects throughout the United States, visit the National AgrAbility Project website. It also features resources and tips, some of which might be useful for non-farmers. See, for instance, Assistive Technology.

This is not to mention that the website features a few inspirational stories. For instance: An older Mississippi farmer who didn't let either a stroke or Hurricane Katrina stop him. A young woman who went blind but went on to open her own greenhouse, specializing in plants with bright colors and fragrances. A man who broke his back and suffered spinal injury, but is back to farming and ran for and won a seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.