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Helping Farmers Cope with Farm Stress
The challenges of farming have been mounting for years, creating a strain on families and employers. Farm Bureau is focusing on grassroots initiatives that engage a wide range of stakeholders to offer prevention strategies for men, women and youth at risk in agriculture, while promoting a culture that recognizes farmer mental health as a key component of overall health. Our work supports policies and legislation to provide stress assistance programs to farmers, to help increase awareness and reduce stigma for rural mental health issues.
Our Ohio Weekly: Mental Health in Rural America
Addressing mental illness is a significant challenge in rural America due to unique barriers that include fewer primary care providers than in cities, as well as a lack of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners and broadband internet at home.
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New mental health nonprofit focuses on serving rural America
Nonprofit aims to end the suffering, silence and stigma around mental illness in rural America.
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A farmer in need turned advocate for mental health
Advocating for farmer mental health was far from Brandon Fullenkamp’s comfort zone, but he knew it was a place he had to be.
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Dellifield is first ‘Y’ Prize recipient
As the granddaughter of a Hardin County farmer, Jami Dellifield knew that agriculture didn’t easily make room for mental health…
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Our Ohio Weekly – Food prices and inflation
Many of the items that we buy, including food, are getting more expensive by the day. Will prices keep rising, or will we finally catch a break?
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New mental wellness tools available to employers
A new toolkit, developed by the Ohio Department of Insurance, is designed to help employers and employees promote mental health in the workplace.
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2022 Ohio Agriculture and Rural Communities Action Plan
While dealing with the lingering effects of the pandemic and multiple economic uncertainties, Ohio Farm Bureau calls on policymakers to implement this action plan to help bolster Ohio agriculture and our rural communities.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation awards first Y Prize for mental health initiatives
Jami Dellifield, Family and Consumer Sciences educator with Ohio State University Extension’s Hardin County office, is the recipient of the first Y Prize.
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Our Ohio Weekly: Farm Stress and Mental Health
Experts address the issues of farm stress and mental health and discuss whether they are getting as much attention as needed when it comes to helping those looking for resources.
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