Interview: The unseen dangers of farming
A combine harvests Big Bluestem and milkweed seeds from a field at Prairie Restorations farm near Glyndon, Minn., on Wednesday Oct. 1, 2014.
File | Dan Gunderson | MPR News
More than 210 work-related deaths occurred on Minnesota farms from 2003 to 2013 — an increase of more than 30 percent when compared with a decade earlier.
MPR News with Tom Weber talks with Jeffrey Meitrodt, the Star Tribune reporter who wrote the Tragic Harvest series that examines the largely unseen dangers of farming.
Two key findings: 1) Farms are less safe for workers than mines or construction sites
2) 1/3 of the deaths come from tractors
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