BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR SAFETY


The official blog of the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day® Program

Nutrien Partners with the Progressive Agriculture Foundation to Provide Farm Safety and Health Education to 4-H Teens
Cindy Lengel-Russ, Partnership Engagement, Progressive Agriculture Foundation Cindy Lengel-Russ, Partnership Engagement, Progressive Agriculture Foundation

Nutrien Partners with the Progressive Agriculture Foundation to Provide Farm Safety and Health Education to 4-H Teens

Being a sponsor with the Progressive Agriculture Foundation® (PAF) for its Progressive Agriculture Safety Day® (PAF Safety Day) program could easily be a transactional ritual between a corporation and a non-profit. Writing a check in support of a world class program could be easy enough for many individuals and organizations, however, as is the case with most sponsors of our program, Nutrien has ensured that the relationship between sponsor and program is anything but transactional.

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Grab Your Backpack and Notebook…We’re Heading into the Classroom
Jana Davidson, Program Manager, Progressive Agriculture Foundation Jana Davidson, Program Manager, Progressive Agriculture Foundation

Grab Your Backpack and Notebook…We’re Heading into the Classroom

After nearly three decades, the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day® (PAF Safety Day) program is going somewhere we have never been before…the classroom! A primary motivational factor for the new Classroom-based delivery mode was knowing that many children could benefit from a PAF Safety Day experience but may not have been able to yet due to limited resources or other barriers. Furthermore, there are the sobering statistics highlighting the number of children injured or that dies annually due to agriculture-related incidents.

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Geschke Reflects on Nearly 30 Year Farm Safety Legacy
Bernard Geschke, Program Specialist, Progressive Agriculture Foundation Bernard Geschke, Program Specialist, Progressive Agriculture Foundation

Geschke Reflects on Nearly 30 Year Farm Safety Legacy

An agriculture safety advocate and trailblazer. He has been an educator, an inventor, a mentor, and a friend, one who dedicated his profession to making another’s life better – and safer. On March 31, Bernard Geschke will officially retire from the Progressive Agriculture Foundation® after playing an integral role in the Foundation’s Progressive Agriculture Safety Day® program since the start.

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