A social media campaign launched today will help farmers and farm workers who have been injured get back to the job they love.
Farm Credit Canada, the Rick Hansen Foundation and the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association have teamed up on the Back to Ag campaign.
Social media users can like or share Facebook posts, retweet Twitter posts using the #BacktoAg hashtag or attach that hashtag to their tweets. Each time that happens between now and June 13, FCC will donate $1 to a new fund, up to $100,000.
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CASA will begin accepting applications in October and intends to have money in farmers’ hands by the new year.
The program’s intent is to help those who have “life-altering injuries” such as losing limbs or becoming paralyzed due to a farm-related accident.
Those affected will be able to apply for specialized equipment or adaptation to existing equipment in order to continue farming.
Although FCC’s commitment is limited to $100,000, the partners hope others in the private sector and other organizations will step up to contribute more to the fund.
CASA executive director Marcel Hacault said there are potentially hundreds of farmers each year who have accidents that could force them to leave the farm and who could instead benefit from the program.
