Project title: Athletes in Overalls: Movement Health + Wellness for Injury Prevention, Increased Efficiency and Career Longevity Project period: April 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
This project will include Movement Workshops in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, West Virginia, and Maryland, with the potential to involve as many as 480 farmers and farm crew. Labor-Movement will assess farmers via pre-workshop surveys and at 6 months via online surveys. Program effectiveness and impact on movement health + general wellness of participating farmers will be assessed.
A secondary portion of the project involves extended coaching of 5 Maine farms, including 8 in-person contacts between farm crews and Labor-Movement over the project period, development of three (minimum) SOPs per farm in 2023 to be implemented and assessed during the 2024 season.
TheMaine Farmers and Ranchers Stress Assistance Networkis a grant-funded network supporting farmers, farmworkers, and agricultural service providers – of land, sea or forest – with efforts to cultivate wellness and build resilience.
During the Spring of 2023, Labor-Movement and Maine FRSAN will be offering open registration workshops, FREE to any land or sea farmer, farmworker, ag service provider or forester.
Farm Strong NH
Farm Strong NH is New Hampshire's FRSAN network supporting farmers, farmworkers, and agricultural service providers – of land, sea or forest – with efforts to cultivate wellness and build resilience.
During 2023, Labor-Movement and NH Strong will offer two workshops to area farmers. Please contact Farm Strong NH for more information.
