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Shaw, Angela; Strohbehn, Catherine; Naeve, Linda; Domoto, Paul; Wilson, Lester – Journal of Extension, 2015
Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) educational courses provide produce growers with the fundamental information for producing and processing safe produce. To determine the effectiveness of the current 7-hour GAP course provided in Iowa, growers were surveyed before and 7-14 days after the course to determine changes in knowledge and opinions.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Course Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness, Agricultural Laborers
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Cox, Rachael; Wiedenhoeft, Mary – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2009
Energy is relevant to all areas of human life; energy sustains us through food, drives our transportation, warms and cools our buildings, and powers our electrical gadgets. In nature, ecosystems function by capturing and transforming energy. Agroecosystems are formed when humans manipulate the capture and flow of energy for food, fiber, and fuel…
Descriptors: Energy, Comparative Analysis, Science Education, Agriculture
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Reed, Deborah B.; Browning, Steven R.; Westneat, Susan C.; Kidd, Pamela S. – Journal of Rural Health, 2006
Context: Children on farms perform work that places them at risk for acute and chronic negative health outcomes. Despite strategies for preventing and reducing the risk of disease and injury, children's use of personal protective equipment and safety equipped farm machinery has generally remained unreported. Purpose: This paper reports the use of…
Descriptors: Safety Equipment, Adolescents, Gender Differences, Predictor Variables
JORGENSON, JANET M.; AND OTHERS – 1960
FIELD STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED IN 1960 IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF TEXAS AND IN IOWA TO AUGMENT INFORMATION ON MIGRATORY WORKERS. FACULTY-STUDENT TEAM FIELD TRIPS FOUND MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN PROVIDING A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE MIGRANT WORKER. CHILDREN OF THE MIGRANTS ARE NOT GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY NEED TO BREAK…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Bibliographies, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Migrant Action Program, Mason City, IA. – 1971
The objective of the Migrant Action Program (MAP) in Iowa is to assist the migrant and seasonal farm workers and their families. This 1971 annual report cntains a description of the program goals and activities, including the Manpower Project, children's programs, day care, vehicle purchase and use, the health program, and emergency food…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Demography, Farm Labor