Season 4 | Spring Episode Bundle

The GPCAH is promoting the Spring Podcast Bundle of new, Season 4 episodes, available April 23, 2025. These episodes will be promoted through social media, newsletters, and email.

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We have 5 new episodes that have been released in our April drop of the FarmSafe Podcast. Below is an overview of the episode and an episode image that can be used for promotion through your media outlets. These images are provided in the size of a Facebook Post (940×788). If these episodes are useful for the people you work with, please share the drop or information on episodes relevant to your collaborators.

Season 4, Episode 7

Flock & Flu: Guidelines for Backyard Poultry

This podcast episode features Ellen Duysen, discussing the growing threat of avian influenza (bird flu) in backyard poultry flocks. She highlights the risks to both poultry and human health, providing practical biosecurity recommendations to protect flocks and essential steps for monitoring bird health. The episode offers valuable advice for poultry keepers of all experience levels.

Season 4, Episode 8

Growing Safely, Part 1: Navigating Child Care Access & Farm Safety

Explores the challenges farmworkers—particularly in rural areas—face in accessing affordable, reliable child care. Irregular work hours and a shortage of local child care providers make the issue even more difficult. High agricultural labor costs and limited access to public child care programs further compound these problems. Dr. Florence Becot shares insight from her research, which could provide potential solutions to improve child care access in these communities.

Season 4, Episode 9

Growing Safely, Part 2: Balancing Farming & Family

Highlights how farm families, like other working families, struggle with child care access and affordability. However, existing research lacks a deep understanding of how farm families specifically use child care and what incentives might encourage greater utilization. This episode features Dr. Florence Becot, whose research delves into the often-overlooked mental health struggles faced by farm women while raising children, specifically examining how child care, health care, and insurance factors intersect, influencing their well-being and safety practices.

Season 4, Episode 10

Growing Safely, Part 3: Closing the Child Care Access Gap

In this episode, Dr. Florence Becot’s concluding remarks on child care and farm safety highlight the multifaceted challenges facing farm families. Beyond access to child care, she emphasizes the need for broader support, including stable farm income and affordable health insurance. These factors are crucial for farm families to successfully manage work and family responsibilities.

Season 4, Episode 11

Farm Burn Basics: First Aid for the Field

This episode focuses on fire safety and first aid for farms. A key message is the importance of preventative measures, like proper equipment and employee training, to avoid fires and injuries. Jerry Minor stresses a proactive approach for farm families and employees.

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S4E7 | Flock and Flu: Guidelines for Backyard Poultry

S4E8 | Growing Safely, Part 1: Navigating Child Care Access and Farm Safety

S4E9 | Growing Safely, Part 2: Balancing Farming and Family

S4E10 | Growing Safely, Part 3: Closing the Child Care Access Gap

S4E11 | Farm Burn Basics: First Aid for the Field

Season 4 | Winter Episode Bundle

The GPCAH is promoting the Winter Podcast Bundle of new, Season 4 episodes, available January 29th, 2025. These episodes will be promoted through social media, newsletters, and email. This webpage has been provided so you may promote the Winter Podcast Bundle through your own media outlets. We thank you for your help in sharing the message! Please feel free to use any or all of these items to promote the new episodes. If you have any questions, contact elizabeth-presnall@uiowa.edu.

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We have 5 new episodes that have been release in our January drop of the FarmSafe Podcast. Below is an overview of the episode and an episode image that can be used for promotion through your media outlets. These images are provided in the size of a Facebook Post (940×788). If these episodes are useful for the people you work with, please share the drop or information on episodes relevant to your collaborators.

Season 4, Episode 2

Farming the Message: Reporting Agricultural Incidents

Explores the important role that terminology plays in how agricultural injuries and fatalities are reported in the media. With expert guests Dr. Barbara Lee and Melissa Ploeckelman, both from the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute & National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety.

Season 4, Episode 3

Burning Issues: Fire Safety on the Farm

Discusses the unique fire risks that farmers face and offers expert advice on how to minimize those dangers. With expert guest, Jerry Minor, Chief of the Pittsville Fire Department.

Season 4, Episode 4

Falls on Farms: The Medication Connection

Delves into the issue of medication-related falls among farmers, highlighting the risks that medications pose when mixed with the physically demanding nature of farming. With expert guest, Dr. Ryan Carnahan from the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Season 4, Episode 5

The Seed of Success: Growing Your Farm’s Future

Provides expert advice on navigating the often complex process of transferring farm ownership and leadership to the next generation and how to address the stressors of succession planning. With expert guest, Joy Kirkpatrick, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Division of Extension.

Season 4, Episode 6

The Farm-Kid Paradox

Discusses the significance of age-appropriate tasks, best practices for educating young farm workers, and proper supervision while fostering a positive farm experience for children and youth who are living and working on the farm, again with expert guests Dr. Barbara Lee and Melissa Ploeckelman from the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute & National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety.

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S4E2 | Farming the Message: Reporting Agricultural Incidents

S4E3 | Burning Issues: Fire Safety on the Farm

S4E4 | Falls on Farms: The Medication Connection

S4E5 | The Seed of Success: Growing Your Farm’s Future

S4E6 | The Farm-Kid Paradox

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