Health care a focus at Farm Technology Days in Portage County
CONTACT: Jake Miller, 715-387-5762, miller.jake@marshfieldclinic.
Teresa Derfus, 715-387-9362, derfus.teresa@
Farm Technology Days 2014 will feature lots of tractors, crops and livestock, but the state’s largest agricultural event also is a chance for thousands of people to learn about health.
Marshfield Clinic experts will attend the three-day statewide event Aug. 12-14 and will be located in Tent City, at the corners of Wisconsin Avenue and Fourth/Fifth Streets.
Farm Technology Days features the latest improvements in production agriculture, including practical applications of recent research findings and technological developments. It’s one of the largest events of its kind in the nation. Hosts Blue Top Farms and Feltz Family Farms, located east of Plover and south of Highway HH, is six miles from Marshfield Clinic Stevens Point Center. These farms have provided grounds for Tent City, which will house more than 600 vendors on about 400 acres. This is the first time in more than three decades the show has been in Portage County.
“The event’s close proximity to the new Stevens Point Center allows us to showcase services we offer locally and in centers in dozens of communities across the state,” said Al Chaney, Marketing and Communications director, Marshfield Clinic.
The Clinic plans to have 17 departments represented at the show, some offering free services and all providing health information to the estimated 60,000-80,000 attendees, including:
- Dermatology – free skin cancer screenings daily, appointments taken on first-come first-served basis
- National Farm Medicine Center – Rollover Protection Structure program; farm health education
- Mobile Mammography – Pre-appointed mammograms, call 715-221-6086, or toll-free 800-782-8581 ext. 1-6086
- Lab – Free glucose and cholesterol screenings, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily, first-come first-served
- Optical/Optometry – Free acuity vision chart testing and eyeglass adjustments daily, first-come first-served
- Heart care – Free blood pressure checks daily, first-come first served
- Sleep medicine
- Cancer care
- General surgery and Breast Center
- Interpreter Services
- Vascular Lab – Free abbreviated carotid and ankle brachial index screenings daily, first-come first-served
- OB/GYN – Women in Agriculture: Prenatal to menopause care
- Audiology – Free hearing screenings daily, first-come first-served
- Orthopedics
- Podiatry
- Physical therapy
For more details about Farm Technology Days, go to www.PortageCountyFarmTech.com
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