Nurture mental wellness among FFA members and other ag youth
Always keep your future and the greater good in mind when life doesn’t go your way. Please remember that you’re not alone in your struggles; talk with others to find support.
Always keep your future and the greater good in mind when life doesn’t go your way. Please remember that you’re not alone in your struggles; talk with others to find support.
The solution to mental health issues in agriculture is to create a new vision for ag that starts with you. Educate yourself, advocate, and take action.
Winter can be difficult for personal health, but maintaining our bodies and our minds is important to maintaining the health of our farming operations.
Unique stressors hit agriculturalists, and they’ve been known to hit them hard. Among the most dangerous industries in the United States, farming includes long hours, fatigue, financial pressures, weather, and more. As part of a Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture effort, funded by a USDA Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) Grant, several free mental wellness and farm stress resources are now available to the Pennsylvania agriculture community.
When people think about the pillars of farm safety and hazard awareness on agricultural operations, here are the major things that they focus on.
When your lifestyle, family, and career are all rolled into a neat package like it is for farmers and others in agriculture, it can be hard to slow down and separate.
Some seasons tend to be busier than others. And those are the times farmers ignore their health and wellness in exchange for making the most of each day.
Some mental health problems require professional intervention but not all. Try adopting some at-home techniques for handling the stress of harvest season.