Your local extension office probably has resources and might even have the contact info of someone who's more than happy to answer questions!

Any chance someone is fundraising to cover the expedited processing fees if this relief gets extended to everyone?

I especially love the tale about lawnmower safety. I've also heard tell that he was known as "Bloody Buchele" because he was very direct in making his engineering students thing about safety (by slideshows of farm accidents in his classes)