Identifying symptoms and addressing mental health challenges in agriculture

Workshops are underway in Indiana to help recognize stress and reduce stigma surrounding mental health in agriculture.

The Healthy Minds, Healthy Lives program was created by the Indiana Rural Health Association.

Program Director Kathy Walker says the suicide rate among farmers and others in the agriculture industry is higher than the general population.

“The farming and agriculture community have some unique stressors and fluctuations and things that they just can’t control,” he says.

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