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March 10 - 16

Free Ag Safety Course Offered at Nova Scotia FarmSafe Forum

Attention Nova Scotia farmers and students of agriculture! The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), and exclusive corporate sponsor Farm Credit Canada (FCC) are teaming up with the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture and Farm Safety Nova Scotia to host FarmSafe Forum, a free, one-day event featuring a farm safety training course.

Many farmers want to know what risks exist in their workplace, but don’t necessarily know what to look for. FarmSafe Forum organizers want to help close that gap via an On-Farm Inspection Training Course, delivered by Glen Blahey, Agricultural Safety and Health Specialist for CASA.

The course features a comprehensive hazard identification process that farmers, farm managers, and students can use to identify risks and control hazards on the farm. Course material will be interwoven with farm safety presentations from Nova Scotia producers.

The course is being held in conjunction with Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (March 10 to 16, 2013). Farmers, students, and others interested in farm safety are welcome.

What:     FarmSafe Forum, On-Farm Inspection Training Course
When:     Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Time:    9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided)
Where:     Perennia Conference Room
          Perennia Innovation Park, Administration Building
          90 Research Drive,
          Bible Hill, Nova Scotia  B6L 2R2
 
To register for the FarmSafe Forum On-Farm Inspection Training Course, contact Carolyn Van Den Heuvel, Canada FarmSafe Advisor for CASA at (902) 893-2293 or email: cvandenheuvel@casa-acsa.ca. Registrants can also call CASA to register at 1-877-452-2272. For more information or to register online, go to www.agsafetyweek.ca. Please register by Friday, March 8 as space is limited.

CASA and CFA are delivering FarmSafe Forum as part of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week 2013 in partnership with exclusive corporate sponsor Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and with assistance from the Government of Canada through Growing Forward, a federal, provincial and territorial