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Seven Stars Farm Organic Yogurt Founder On The Accident That Left Him Paralyzed
Resume![David and Edie Griffiths, founders of Seven Stars Organic Farm Yogurt, stand in their living room in Kimberton, Pennsylvania. (Robin Young/Here & Now)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0728_philly-farm-02-1000x671.jpg)
Farmers are watching the election closely, looking at issues like immigration which could affect farm labor. Today, a look at the dangers of farming.
According to the International Labor Organization, nearly half of the 335,000 workplace fatalities around the world every year take place in agriculture settings.
Here & Now's Robin Young talks with David Griffiths and his wife Edie, founders of Seven Stars Farm Organic Yogurt, about the hay bale accident that left him quadriplegic.
![David Griffiths at his desk at his home in Kimberton, Pennsylvania. Griffiths was left paralyzed after a hay bale accident. (Robin Young/Here & Now)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2016/07/0728_philly-farm-03.jpg)
![Edie Griffiths stands in the hay barn, where her husband David was injured, on the Seven Stars Farm in Kimberton, Pennsylvania. (Robin Young/Here & Now)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2016/07/0728_philly-farm-04.jpg)
![Edie Griffiths stands in the barn with Mark and Zeal Dunphy, whose family is taking over Seven Stars Farm. (Robin Young/Here & Now)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2016/07/0728_philly-farm-01a.jpg)
![Edie Griffiths stands in the cow barn at the Seven Stars Farm in Kimberton, Pennslyvania. (Robin Young/Here & Now)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2016/07/0728_philly-farm-05.jpg)
![The packaging facility at the Seven Stars Farm in Kimberton, Pennslyvania. (Robin Young/Here & Now)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2016/07/0728_philly-farm-06.jpg)
![A worker holds up a container of Seven Stars Farm organic yogurt. (Robin Young/Here & Now)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2016/07/0728_philly-farm-07.jpg)
Guests
David and Edie Griffiths, founders of Seven Stars Organic Farm Yogurt in Kimberton, Pennsylvania.
This segment aired on July 28, 2016.