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Progressive Agriculture Safety Days The Progressive Agriculture Safety Day® program is the largest rural safety and health education program for children in North America.

The Progressive Agriculture Foundation® (PAF) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the mission to provide education, training, and resources to make farm, ranch, and rural life safer and healthier for all children and their communities. PAF builds partnerships to secure resources for the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day® program, which is recognized as the largest rural safety and health education program for children in North America. Since the inception of the Foundation's program in 1995, more than 1.9 million individuals – and counting – have been reached in 45 states, two territories, and nine Canadian provinces. For more information about PAF and its programs, visit: http://www.progressiveag.org.

One week to go! 💙💛We’re getting ready for the National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis, and we can’t wait to conne...
10/14/2026

One week to go! 💙💛

We’re getting ready for the National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis, and we can’t wait to connect with ag teachers, FFA members and future Safety Day leaders from across the country!

📍 Visit us at Booth #600 to meet the PAF team and learn how to bring hands-on safety education to your community.

🎤 Join our educator workshop on Wednesday, October 21 at 11:00 a.m. in Room 142!

Hear firsthand from fellow FFA advisors about their experiences bringing PAF Safety Days to their communities through peer-to-peer learning and youth leadership. We're excited to welcome:

🌟 Hannah Fritsche-Donze – Ste. Genevieve FFA, Missouri

🌟 Tiffany Hoy – Tyrone Area FFA, Pennsylvania

🌟 Bret Spurgin – Charles City FFA, Iowa

Discover how these advisors are empowering FFA members to become safety educators, engage younger students and make a lasting impact in their communities. Plus, explore PAF resources and experience interactive safety activities you can bring back to your own chapter!

Will we see you there? 👋

One educator can start a ripple.Meet Bryant York, a North Carolina agriculture educator and PAF Coordinator who is helpi...
10/13/2026

One educator can start a ripple.

Meet Bryant York, a North Carolina agriculture educator and PAF Coordinator who is helping safety education reach beyond his own community.

After bringing Progressive Agriculture Safety Day into his own programming, Bryant took it one step further by sharing the opportunity with fellow ag educators at the NC ACTE Summer Conference, encouraging others to see how PAF can fit into their classrooms, FFA chapters, and communities.

That’s what being a Champion of Change is all about.

Read Bryant’s story and meet all of our 2026 Champions of Change: progressiveag.org/championsofchange

Heading to the National FFA Convention? Come see us at Booth #600 to learn how you can bring a Progressive Agriculture Safety Day to your community!

Save the date, Kansas City! 🍀✨The Progressive Agriculture Foundation (PAF) is heading to the 2026 NAE4-HYDP Annual Confe...
10/13/2026

Save the date, Kansas City! 🍀✨

The Progressive Agriculture Foundation (PAF) is heading to the 2026 NAE4-HYDP Annual Conference, October 27–29 in Kansas City, Missouri!

We’re excited to connect with 4-H youth development professionals from across the country, share how PAF programs support hands-on safety education and explore opportunities to make a lasting impact in local communities.

📍 Visit us at Booth #26! Stop by to meet the PAF team, explore our educational resources and discover how you can bring a Progressive Agriculture Safety Day® program to your community.

🎤 Join our educational workshop!

Rooted in Safety: Hands-On Strategies to Empower and Protect Rural Youth

📅 Wednesday, October 28
🕒 3:15–4:15 p.m.
📍 Chicago B

Discover engaging, hands-on approaches to teaching safety and health lessons that help protect children in agricultural and rural communities.

Whether you're already part of the PAF network or interested in getting involved, we'd love to connect!

See you soon!

Here’s to early mornings, long days, muddy boots, and the farmers and farm families who keep agriculture moving.At PAF, ...
10/12/2026

Here’s to early mornings, long days, muddy boots, and the farmers and farm families who keep agriculture moving.

At PAF, we hear far too many stories of farm-related incidents that resulted in a serious injury or the loss of a life. Behind every story is a family, a community, and a reminder that safety can never be taken for granted.

That is why safety education has to start young.

Children who grow up on farms and ranches are surrounded by incredible opportunities to learn, work, and be part of agriculture, but they are also surrounded by hazards they may not yet recognize or understand.

For many farmers and farm families, some of the most important safety lessons come from experience — including mistakes, close calls, and moments they wish had gone differently. By sharing those lessons with the next generation, they can help young people avoid repeating the same mistakes, recognize risks earlier, and build safer habits they can carry with them for life.

On National Farmers Day, we celebrate the farmers who not only feed and strengthen our communities, but who take the time to teach, demonstrate safe practices, and pass along the lessons they have learned so the next generation can be safer, stronger, and better prepared.

Help us celebrate those building a safety culture in agriculture and remember why it matters.

⚡ Safe charging is a superpower! 🦸In recognition of Fire Prevention Week, October 4–10, we’re helping families unleash t...
10/08/2026

⚡ Safe charging is a superpower! 🦸

In recognition of Fire Prevention Week, October 4–10, we’re helping families unleash their safety superpowers when using and charging everyday devices.

This year’s Fire Prevention Week theme, “Charge into Fire Safety: Safe Charging Is a Superpower,” reminds us that simple charging habits can help prevent lithium-ion battery fires.

🔌 Use the charger made for your device.
⚡ Charge on a hard, flat surface.
👀 Watch for warning signs like unusual heat, swelling, smoke or strange smells.
🚲 Give larger batteries, like those in e-bikes and e-scooters, plenty of safe charging space.
✈️ Keep devices in sight while charging when traveling.

Teaching children these habits early can help them make safer choices at home, on the farm and ranch, at school and wherever life takes them.

Be safe. Be smart. Be a safety superhero! 💥

We’re heading to the National FFA Convention! 💙💛If you’ll be in Indianapolis this October, make plans to connect with Pr...
10/08/2026

We’re heading to the National FFA Convention! 💙💛

If you’ll be in Indianapolis this October, make plans to connect with Progressive Agriculture Foundation and learn how you can bring hands-on safety education back to your students and community.

📍 Visit us at Booth #600

🎤 Join our educator workshop on Wednesday, October 21 at 11:00 a.m. in Room 142 to learn more about Progressive Agriculture Safety Days and how FFA chapters can get involved.

Whether you stop by the booth, join us for the workshop or both, we’d love to see you there!

That’s a wrap on two incredible days of hands-on learning with Georgia FFA! 💙💛Through a special partnership with the Hon...
10/07/2026

That’s a wrap on two incredible days of hands-on learning with Georgia FFA! 💙💛

Through a special partnership with the Honda Rider Education Center and Georgia FFA, Progressive Agriculture Foundation brought together students from 12 schools across 11 Georgia counties for an immersive Progressive Agriculture Safety Day experience.

The impact of these two days reaches far beyond the students who joined us at the Honda Rider Education Center. These young leaders participated in hands-on safety activities, learned what goes into creating a successful Safety Day, and gained tools and ideas they can take back to their own FFA chapters, schools, and communities across Georgia.

That’s the power of partnership: creating an experience in one location that can reach youth and families across 11 counties and beyond.

We are incredibly grateful to the Honda Rider Education Center for helping make this experience possible and providing a space where students could learn, engage, and build the confidence to become safety leaders in their own communities.

From learning safety to leading it, we can’t wait to see the ripple effect these students create across Georgia. 🌱

Hands-on learning is happening now at the Progressive Agriculture Safety Zone at the Honda Education Center in Georgia! ...
10/06/2026

Hands-on learning is happening now at the Progressive Agriculture Safety Zone at the Honda Education Center in Georgia! 🚜🦺

FFA students and advisors from across the state are jumping into interactive safety and health stations, building knowledge and skills they can take home and share in their own communities.

We’re wrapping up Day 1, but there’s plenty more to come tomorrow!

Georgia FFA is putting safety into action!Today, students are getting hands-on at the Honda Rider Education Center with ...
10/06/2026

Georgia FFA is putting safety into action!

Today, students are getting hands-on at the Honda Rider Education Center with a Progressive Agriculture Safety Day where they learn important safety lessons, try out hands-on activities and see firsthand what makes a Safety Day so impactful.

The best part? These students aren’t just here to learn. They’re also gathering ideas they can take back to their FFA chapters and communities.

Learn it. Lead it. Share it. 💙💛

October is National Animal Safety and Protection Month! 🐄🐎🐐🐕For young people growing up on farms, raising 4-H or FFA pro...
10/05/2026

October is National Animal Safety and Protection Month! 🐄🐎🐐🐕

For young people growing up on farms, raising 4-H or FFA project animals, visiting county fairs, or spending time around family pets, animals offer countless opportunities to learn responsibility, confidence, and respect. But even familiar animals can react unpredictably when frightened, startled, injured, or confused.

This month’s Safety Day Corner explores simple ways adults can help youth stay safer around animals, including recognizing warning signs, respecting an animal’s space, choosing age-appropriate tasks and knowing when to ask for help.

Safety isn’t about keeping young people away from animals. It’s about giving them the knowledge, skills, and judgment to interact with animals safely and responsibly.

Beyond the Barn: Safe Animal Handling Tips for Youth: https://www.progressiveag.org/paf-safety-corner/beyond-the-barn-safe-animal-handling-tips-for-youth

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