National Young Farmers Coalition | Tag: behavioral health

Young Farmers, Farm Aid, and Vermont Farm First Receive Funding to Build Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network in Northeast

November 05, 2019

Jessica Manly

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Manly, Communications Director, National Young Farmers Coalition press@youngfarmers.org, 518-643-3564 x 722 Allen Matthews, Farm First, allenm@investeap.org Jennifer Fahy, Farm Aid, jennifer@farmaid.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 5, 2019) The National Young Farmers Coalition, Farm Aid, and Vermont

Remembering a Young Farmer: From Loss to Action with the Washington Young Farmers Coalition

February 08, 2019

Lindsey Lusher Shute and Hannah Beal

Warning: This episode deals with topics surrounding suicide, and may not be appropriate for all audiences. Suicide rates among farmers and farm workers are higher than in any other occupation in the United States. We start this two-part series with