[Ag-eq] Salutations/Introduction

[Michelle Clark]

I lost my sight about nine years ago. I already had 26 years of service at
Verizon  so I retired. Once I decided I needed some rehabilitation and could
go back to work, I learned about Schedule A in the Federal Government.

I have been there for almost three years. I started as a contractor at
another agency but after getting on the list for Schedule A, I was picked up
by USDA.

Michelle 

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Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 1:11 PM
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Hi Michelle and welcome to the list.

How did you end up working for the USDA and how long have you been there?

I would love to know about the programs.  I often think about how I would
like
to support myself with agriculture, instead of it just being my hobby.  I've
thought about a small goat dairy or an organic cage free chicken farm.

I currently live in Arizona, but am considering moving back to Arkansas
since my
family has a lot of land there.  I'm just not sure what I would do for work.

I would love to hear your ideas and suggestions.

If you like you can contact me personally.  my email is
nfoster at extremezone.com

Nella




Quoting Michelle Clark <mcikeyc at aol.com>:

> Hello,
>
> My name is Michelle Clark and work as the Section 508 Coordinator for one
of
> the agencies at USDA. I have wondered in my short time there how blind and
> low vision persons in agriculture can take advantage of the programs and
> most recently the on-line and new applications being put out by USDA. One
> part of my job is to make sure applications do not get put out that are
not
> accessible.
>
> Is there anyone out there who uses any of the programs we have? Would you
> like an overview of what USDA has to offer? I can help. Please let me
know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michelle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> nfoster at extremezone.com
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 10:02 AM
> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Salutations/Introduction
>
> Hi Zach and welcome to the list.  Sorry I didn't welcome you sooner.
>
> I live in Phoenix, Arizona and am a hobby, urban farmer.  I keep some
goats,
> chickens a horse and an ancient mule.  I'm always interested in animal
> nutrition and would love to see any information you can share on the
> subject.
> Perhaps you have some good suggestions for my dairy goats since your
> background
> was on a dairy.
>
> I would also appreciate any suggestions you have about caring for senior
> equines.
>
> I hope you will tell us more about yourself and your farm experiences.
>
> Nella
>
>
>
> Quoting Zach Mason <zmason.northwindsfarm at gmail.com>:
>
> > I have been blind since age four, grew up on a 110 cow family dairy
farm,
> > have a bachelors in animal science from Cornell University, and am
> pursuing
> > a career in animal biology research. In my childhood I showed dairy and
> beef
> > cattle at county, state and regional competitions in New Hampshire and
New
> > England. After graduating from Cornell, I assumed the title Assistant
> > Shepherd and Young Stock Manager at my family's farm for a year. This
year
> I
> > completed a fellowship this summer at Purdue University working in a
swine
> > nutrition lab.
> >
> >
> >
> > I look forward to meeting NFB's AG-EQ division at the 2014 convention.
> > Please also, I invite any members to this division with experience or
> > interest in livestock agriculture to contact me directly, point me
towards
> > livestock-related posts, or reply to this posting.
> >
> >
> >
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