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Announcing PNASH Funding Opportunities
PNASH Center offers small grants to respond to emerging issues, stimulate innovative research and foster collaborations in farming, fishing, and forestry.
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Celebrating a Remarkable Man and Partner
Ricardo Ramon García: An admirable man, honest broker, great partner, and remarkable leader
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Ag Injury News update: Tractor roll-overs and the need for ROPS
A worker was driving a tractor between orchards on a county road when the stabilizing front counterweights fell off the tractor.
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New Horizons for Forestry Services
This service project builds on past work and provides a new tool that meets Oregon pesticide safety trainer and supervisor needs.
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Collaboration for innovation: Safety solutions for WA state dairy farms
Operations for dairy farms run 24/7, year-round, to keep producing the milk and cheese we purchase from grocery store shelves in Washington state.
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New data visualization tool, RISC Fishing, helps fishermen see where and how injuries happen at sea
In partnership with the PNASH Center, researchers are currently surveying fishermen in the Pacific Northwest to continue to identify ways to reduce the risk of injury.
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Native salmon set gillnetters in Norton Sound brave big ocean weather
Kyle is a young commercial fisherman from an Alaska Native salmon fishing community in Norton Sound. He learned how to fish from his dad, who is also his crew mate. They manually set nets and haul catch by hand, like many salmon set gillnetters.
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New federal grant to improve Northwest agricultural safety and health
The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, part of DEOHS, receives new federal funding for research on safety and health in the forestry, fishing and farming sectors
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Supporting farmworker families through smoke season
PNASH Center and Wenatchee CAFÉ host community events to understand the concerns of farmworker parents
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Connecting users with pesticide safety
Sarah Fish sat down with Aarti Tandon, Husky 100 winner, and graduating student in Food Systems, Nutrition and Health. The two spoke about Aarti’s recent user experience research for the Pesticide Labels Now app and what comes next for the project.
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Introducing Print & Ship
Now available, a new platform to order PNASH training materials online.
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Co-creating COVID-19 messages for farmworkers
Funding from the UW Population Health Initiative jump-started efforts by DEOHS and our partners, working side-by-side with farmworkers, to create tailored safety messages
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Heat, fire, smoke and health in Washington’s ag industry
DEOHS researchers investigate the combined health effects of wildfire smoke and heat on Washington’s agricultural workforce and test strategies to protect workers and crops
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