The Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing has launched its third National Survey of Farmer and Rancher Mental Health in Canada.
National survey of farmer and rancher mental health launches
Workshop aims to tackle ‘pandemic’ of rural mental-health struggles
Two-day training opportunity looks to aid farmers in mental-health journey
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian organizations combine efforts to provide two-day training seminar on mental health for agricultural industry.
How to deal with worry this Christmas
Christmas can be hard. For some people, it increases loneliness, grief, hopelessness and family tension, and the festive season has a way of turning ordinary concerns into urgent ones.
Domestic abuse survivors may need extra support when livestock is involved, experts say
Animal health and intimate partner violence are linked, say speakers at the Humane Canada One Health Conference
Men’s mental health advocate says sharing personal stories and communicating crucial to mental health
Bob Wilkie says sharing personal stories and communicating crucial to mental health
Reading Time: 5 minutes Former professional hockey player says awareness and support for men’s mental health is improving, but there is still a long way to go.
AgTalk, an online “coffee row” for farmers, has been renewed for two more years
Online support group brings connection to farmers
Reading Time: 4 minutes AgTalk, an online support system for farmers, has been renewed through 2027.
AgTalk farmer mental health support platform sees partnership renewed
Do More Ag’s anonymous chat platform has seen more than 10,000 interactions since its launch in 2023
AgTalk, an anonymous online space for those in the agricultural sector to find mental health support, has seen its funding partnership renewed, the Do More Agriculture Foundation announced on Tuesday.
The door is always open
What you do matters more than you may realize
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta Farmer columnist Brenda Schoepp reminds readers that what they do matters, who they are matters and it is important to remember that to manage their mental health.
Mental health counselling offered to Alberta farmers
AgKnow breaking down the barriers to mental health access for farmers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Given the physical demands that agriculture has with the weighty responsible of feeding the world, sometimes the mental weight of such a huge responsibility can be pushed aside.
New initiative to promote farmer mental health launched
Collaborative solutions wanted
The Canadian government is looking for new ways to help the mental health of farmers across the country — and has launched the Producer Mental Wellbeing Initiative (PMWI) to find "collaborative solutions that employ novel strategies" to do just that.
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