Accidents and injuries on the farm can be avoided – all it takes is a little education and the right resources. That’s why Oxford Frozen Foods’ Progressive Agriculture Safety Days (PASDs) continue to grow each and every year.
    

Presented in partnership with the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association and the Progressive Agriculture Foundation, PASDs are one-day educational events hosted annually by Oxford Frozen Foods to teach children in grades four and five about the importance of farm safety through fun, hands-on activities and live demonstrations. Because children often play or live on farms, PASDs are a great way to learn about keeping themselves and others around them safe. 
  

2016 has been a successful year, reaching nearly 1600 students. The organization’s Annapolis Valley Safety Day in Middleton, Nova Scotia broke all attendance records by hosting 520 Grade four and five students.
    

First started in Oxford, Nova Scotia in 2011, PASDs have continued to branch out into other communities that work with Oxford Frozen Foods, including those in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick (their only French-language PASD, Sécurijour), Prince Edward Island and even across the border in Maine. Highlights from previous events include giant sprayer demonstrations, meet-and-greets with police search and rescue dogs, along with displays of grain wagons, tractors, honeybees and emergency vehicles. 
    

A true community effort, the continued success of PASDs relies on the support of dedicated volunteers, presenters, and sponsors including BASF who provides each attendee with a backpack. Look out for a PASD in Georgetown, PEI later this year as well as Truro, NS, St. Isidore, NB, Oxford, NS, Middleton, NS, Georgetown, PEI and Cherryfield, Maine in 2017.