You are invited to participate in the Spring 2020 series of Healthy Farms Healthy Agriculture (HFHA) Biosecurity Community Conversations, as an online Zoom meeting.
When:
- Thursday, March 19 at 1:00 p.m. – EST Gregory Martin, PhD, PAS, Penn State Extension Educator, Poultry
- Thursday, April 23 at 1:00 p.m. EST – Mark Hutchinson, University of Maine Extension Educator, Maine Compost School
- Thursday, May 14 at 1:00 p.m. EST – Tommy Bass, M.S., Montana State University Extension Agent, Livestock Environment
The initial series features Extension experts in composting on-farm mortalities. Whether for ordinary death loss or catastrophic loss from disease or natural disaster, composting has biosecurity benefits and considerations.
What are the HFHA Community Conversations about?
- They are web meetings designed to support the needs of extension, veterinary, and other personnel who engage with farmers about biosecurity.
- They feature a brief presentation from someone with experience working with producers on a particular aspect of biosecurity.
- They allow you to create collaborative connections with others.
- They encourage you to continue learning from one another through community forums.
Register for the April 23 web meeting on Zoom
The HFHA Community Conversations introduce the HFHA Community Forums.
- The forums facilitate continuing the conversation.
- Exchange stories and information on biosecurity-related topics.
- Enhance your capacity to more effectively engage production-level stakeholders in implementing appropriate biosecurity practices.
- Register to participate in these forums and connect with the community: forums.healthyagriculture.org
The HFHA Community Conversations tour the new HFHA website.
- The site provides easy access to top-shelf information and resources.
- Resources include assessment and training tools and plan-building support for all types of farmers, ranchers, and livestock owners.
- Visit the web-based hub for biosecurity here: https://www.healthyagriculture.org
- Tell us what else you would like to see on the site.
- Add a link to this site on your website.
The HFHA Community Conversations, website, and forums are being developed with the support of the USDA NIFA under award number 2015-69004-23273. The project director, Dr. Julie Smith, can be reached at jmsmith@uvm.edu. We are always looking for ways to improve our site and add to the resources being featured. Please be in touch with Joanna.Cummings@uvm.edu if you have suggestions.