July 21: “Becoming an Informed Champion and Collaborator with Behavioral Health” at 2 p.m. ET, hosted by National AgrAbility. This session will provide an overview of farmer mental health, given the current economic and environmental conditions, including the recent trends. Importantly, this session will teach attendees the signs and symptoms of chronic stress, anxiety, and depression to […]
August 4: “Farm Rescue – Helping Farm Families in Crisis ” at 2p.m. ET, hosted by National AgrAbility. Farm Rescue wants to get the information out to help family farms and ranches bridge crises, so they have an opportunity to continue viable operations. Farm Rescue provides planting, haying, harvesting, and livestock feeding assistance to farm and ranch […]
September 15: “Managing Stress on the Farm” at 2 p.m. ET, hosted by National AgrAbility. This session introduces theory and strategies to increase farmers’ (occupational) stress awareness and develop stress resilience strategies. The first part of the workshop will provide a theoretical background of occupational stress, defining, assessing, and recognizing its symptoms and consequences. The second […]
October 13: “Build Resilience into Your Farm: Let Nature do the Heavy Lifting” at 2 p.m. ET, hosted by National AgrAbility. When we use regenerative practices, we are also using risk management techniques; these techniques will provide layers of protection in our operations through soil health, healthy plants, healthy livestock and nutrient dense foods for humans while […]
October 27: “Low Stress Marketing for Farmers” at 2 p.m. ET, hosted by National AgrAbility. While it seems like marketing is the least important part of your agriculture business: it should actually be at the forefront! Marketing should start before the seeds are planted and continue well-past harvesting, but it is not always easy to do and […]
