Promoting Success in Agriculture for People with
Disabilities and Their Families
As a successful farmer who
happens to use a wheelchair,
Marshall Loskot has donned
many hats: inventor and
innovator, carpenter and
mechanic, recycler and...
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Promoting Success in Agriculture for People with
Disabilities and Their Families
As a successful farmer who
happens to use a wheelchair,
Marshall Loskot has donned
many hats: inventor and
innovator, carpenter and
mechanic, recycler and
resurrector-of-reusable
goods.
Marshall told
California AgrAbility staff
“I began my ‘dream farm’ in
1991 after I was severely
injured in a car crash, which
left me with a spinal cord
injury at the T10 level.
Now
I farm and garden using a
manual wheelchair, have
adapted my land for ease-ofuse and accessibility and
market my products from my
home to consumers across
the country.
”
One of Mr.
Loskot’s
avocations is to educate
others with or without
disabilities on successful
farming and gardening for
pleasure or profit.
“The
methods I have pioneered
enable me to garden at a
height, taking strain off the
back, allowing plenty of
room for a wheelchair to
move freely around or under
each bed.
” According to
Marshall, this is a type of
“raised-bed farming.
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