[Ag-eq] Salutations/Introduction

[Susan Roe]

Hi Michelle,

I am Susan from Central Virginia.  I would be interested in what the USDA 
has to offer.  We have spoken to our closest USDA office and they have been 
helpful in the past.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michelle Clark" <mcikeyc at aol.com>
To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Salutations/Introduction


> 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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