ROPS Program Is a Lifesaver: The Rooneys have farmed for eight generations. Their goal is to avoid an untimely end to the family legacy

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Farming is a family affair. Selina Rooney, a registered dietician, along with her twin sister, Siri, works at their parents' 800-acre farm near Morrisville, Vermont. The tradition is being carried on by the next generation. Selina and her husband, Matt, have two children, Sam, 13, and-Clara, 11. "Sam works on the farm after school four days a week, and Clara helps in our vegetable gardens," Rooney says. But the Rooneys are acutely aware of agriculture's safety risks. Statistics show that tractors are a major source of fatalities; side and rear overturns are common.