NORA Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Council
Meetings
The NORA Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Council meets two times per year using virtual meeting software. Workgroups meet more frequently during the year.
May 25, 2021 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome and Workgroup Updates
KC Elliott and Jennifer Lincoln, NIOSH - Life after COVID-19
Fred Gerr, University of Iowa - COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence: Challenges in the Agriculture Industry
Liz Ryan, CDC Vaccine Task Force and Sylvia Partida, National Center for Farmworker Health
May 26, 2021 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Robotics in Agriculture: Literature Review
NIOSH Personnel - US Coast Guard/NIOSH Fishing Research Grantees Presentations
- Exoskeletons in the Logging Industry
Jay Kim, Oregon State University
November 16, 2021 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome and Announcements
- Breakout rooms for discussion: How can the Sector Council work with ASHCA?
- NORA 3rd Decade Update: KC Elliot, NIOSH
- Wrap up discussion and share plan for next day
November 17, 20201 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome and Announcements
- Feature: Using podcasts to convey health and safety information to AgFF workers
- Developing the Farmsafe Podcast: Kathryn Crawford and Rene Anthony, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
- Sector Council Initiative – Fishing Forward Podcast: Rebecca Weil, Julie Sorensen, and Maryellen Driscoll, and Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety, and Hannah Harrison with Coastal Routes Radio
- Discussion, Sector Council Direction, 2022
- Wrap up
May 13, 2020 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome and Announcements
Pietra Check, KC Elliott, Dan Hair, Council leadership - NORA Third Decade Update – Sector Council Initiative Updates
- Healthy Aging
- Mental Health
Pietra Check and KC Elliott, NIOSH
- Sector Council Recognition
Pietra Check, Sector Coordinator
Dan Hair, Co-Chair - COVID-19 Resources
Forthcoming CDC Agriculture COVID-19 Guidance Document
KC Elliott - Agriculture COVID-19-19 Resources and Activities
KC Elliott - COVID-19 Resources and Activities in Fishing and Forestry
Julie Sorenson, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health and Matt Smidt, Auburn University - COVID-19 and the AgFF Sector (Discussion)
All
November 3, 2020 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome and Announcements
- Introduction
- Co-Chair Search
- Sector Council Member Spotlight
- Diane Rohlman, Training for Agricultural Safety and Health Professionals: Developing a Sustainable Program
- NIOSH Intramural AgFF Program Updates
- Ted Teske, Samantha Case, and Laura Syron – NIOSH Western States Division
- Sector Council Open Mic
- NORA 3rd Decade Update and Initiatives
- Sector Council 2020
- Healthy Aging and Mental Health Workgroups
- AgFF and Sector Council in 2021 (Discussion)
- Final thoughts and Wrap Up
January 23, 2019 3:00-4:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome and NORA Updates
- Dan Hair and Brad Husberg, Co-Chairs
- Success Stories from NORA partners
- Brad Husberg
- NORA AgFF Council Project
- Pietra Check, NIOSH, AgFF Program
March 2, 2018 3:30-4:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome, Updates
Dan Hair, Co-chair
- Council updates
Brad Husberg, Co-Chair
- NORA agenda progress
Pietra Check, NIOSH, AgFF Program
- Implementing Research Goals in the Workplace
Ted Teske, NIOSH, Health Communications Specialist
July 10, 2018 3:00-4:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome, Updates
Dan Hair, Co-chair
- Sector Council Project
Pietra Check, NIOSH, AgFF Program
- Dairy Worker Health and Safety
David Douphrate, University of Texas, School of Public Health in San Antonio
February 23, 2017 2:00-4:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Overview the upcoming Third Decade and council activities
- Review survey responses: Fishing
- Discuss potential priorities to be formulated into strategic objectives: Fishing
March 16, 2017 11:00 am – 1:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Overview the upcoming Third Decade and council activities
- Review survey responses: Agriculture and Forestry
- Discuss potential priorities to be formulated into strategic objectives: Agriculture and Forestry
November 8, 2017 3:00-4:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
Dan Hair, Co-chair
- Council updates
Brad Husberg, Co-chair
- NORA updates
Emily Novicki, NIOSH Program Portfolio and NORA Coordinator
- Translating Valuable Research into Action
Natalie Roy, Executive Director, AgriSafe Network
September 21, 2016 1:00-3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Second Decade Evaluation
Noemi Avalos, NIOSH Evaluation Fellow
- NORA Third Decade Overview
Emily Novicki, NIOSH Program Portfolio and NORA Coordinator
- NORA Third Decade Logistics and priorities
Brad Husberg, Co-chair