September 25: Georgia citrus grower Lindy Savelle shared some observations about ensuring the safety and health of visitors to farms. She was featured in a video provided by the AgriSafe Network. September 23-24: Pittsville, Wisconsin, Fire Chief, Jerry Minor, talks about the challenges posed when called to a farm emergency. And he also describes the lack of farming experience among rural firefighters these days. Minor was a guest in a recent episode of the AgriSafe network podcast, Talking Total Farmer Health. September 22: The legal ins and outs of having underage workers on the farm--whether they be youngsters in the farm family or nonfamily labor. Audrey Thompson, an attorney at the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, gave a presentation on Child Labor Laws for Agricultural Employers. A recording is available here. September 21: Researching and evaluating cancer risks for farmers, based on information from the Iowa Cancer Registry. Former Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health director Renee Anthony interviewed Caroline Powell of the Iowa Cancer Consortium. A recording is available here. September 18: Jonathan Coppess and Andrew Hockenberry of the Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shared some observations about the voluntary carbon marketplace, particularly their impression that early adopters of conservation practices are being “penalized” by the additionality aspect of the voluntary market. They were guests on an episode of the University of Illinois Talking Crop podcast. September 17: The Soil Health Institute has a video online featuring Annie Dee, proprietor of the Dee River Ranch in Aliceville, Alabama, talking about the impact of adopting regenerative ag practices on their cropping operation. September 16: In a podcast offered by the World Food Prize, Mary Sellers, president of United Way of Central Iowa, talked about the ways they are addressing food insecurity issues in their three-county service area which includes the city of Des Moines. September 15: Alice McKinnon and Veronica Nigh of The Fertilizer Institute were guests in a recent episode of the Farm+Food+Facts podcast from U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action to talk about the ag fertilizer situation. September 14: A new political action group, Restore American Agriculture, was formed to spur Congress and the Administration to respond to what the group calls a crisis in farming. You can listen to their first news conference here. September 11: In a recent Farm+Food+Facts podcast episode, Minnesota corn farmer Nick Peterson and Luke Haggerty of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association discussed how agriculture is at a crossroads. The episode is available here.