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The funding will be used to develop a Guardians Network and a program modelled after the Farmers Wellness initiative to provide a suite of services tailored to support the farming community.
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CAP funding launches two new ag mental health programs

Programs developed to ensure farmers and their families have faster, tailored supports

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A $7-million Canadian Agriculture Partnership (CAP) investment will fund development of two new multi-year mental health initiatives specialized in agriculture.  The Guardians Network and a program modelled after the Farmer Wellness program will be designed to provide farm families across Ontario with free counselling services and connect at-risk farmers with tailored support and resources.  “We […] Read more
Mark Reusser, OFA vice-president, Mike Harris, MPP Kitchener-Conestoga, Camille, Quenneville, CEO of Canadian Mental health Association, Ontario, and Lisa Thompson, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, were on hand at Herrie’s Country Farm Market to announce a further $385,000 investment from the province for In the Know, an ag-based mental health program.
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Province increases funding for farming mental health

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People ‘In the Know’ applauded the Ontario government’s increased financial support for the agriculture-based mental health program. Lisa Thompson, Ontario’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), announced more than $385, 000 in funding to expand the ag-based mental health literacy program ‘In the Know,’ improving the program’s reach and quality.  “I think it’s […] Read more
Metal maple leaves made by artist Charles Pachter symbolize unity and help raise funds for organizations across the country.
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Do More Ag works with national fundraiser project

Proceeds will go to a national support line for farmers

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Glacier FarmMedia – The Do More Agriculture Foundation is participating in a national fundraiser called Maple (Re)Leaf. It has partnered with 18 organizations across Canada and the proceeds go to the organization of the donor’s choosing. Adelle Stewart, executive director of Do More Ag, said its funds will go toward a national support line for […] Read more
Mental health support receives funding
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Mental health support receives funding

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Three new initiatives to support and promote mental health in Ontario’s farming and rural communities will receive over $430,000 in funding by the governments of Canada and Ontario. These projects will provide more data on farmer and rural mental health in Ontario to ensure available supports meet unique community needs. In a release, the provincial […] Read more
Brad Falconer, back, left, Brent van den Akker, Raymond Wood and front, Donna Falconer and Katelyn O’Neil check out the ‘cows’ left at New Life Mills.
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Livestock lawn ornaments feature in fun fundraisers

Junior Farmer groups collect fees for nightly round-ups

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Updated June 25 Livestock roundups became commonplace in recent months in parts of southwestern Ontario, with awareness about farmer mental health being the unlikely beneficiary. Junior Farmer organizations in Huron-Perth and Middlesex were behind the creative fundraising efforts, with unsuspecting rural businesses and residents joining in the fun by paying to have their front lawns […] Read more
Sandi Brock in her sheep barn.
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Brock and Nairn named 2021 Food and Farming Champions

Farmer and OFA rep lauded for their communication about agriculture with the public

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Updated Farm and Food Care Ontario (FFCO) recognized Sandi Brock and Paul Nairn as its 2021 Food and Farming Champions. “This is truly an honour. To be nominated by peers is truly amazing and I, for once in my life, I’m a bit speechless,” said Brock. Why it matters: Farm and Food Care’s annual award […] Read more
Deborah Vanberkel is a dairy farmer and psychotherapist who treats farmers.
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Rivoire award won by farmer and therapist

The Farmer Wellness Program has expanded to five counties

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Odessa dairy farmer Deborah Vanberkel recently won a national award for an initiative she started that combines both her professions – agriculture and psychotherapy. Working with the Lennox & Addington Federation of Agriculture (as well as the Ontario Federation of Agriculture), Vanberkel started the Farmer Wellness Program as a pilot in 2019. Now a permanent […] Read more
In the Know is a new bilingual agriculture-based mental health literacy training program aimed at farmers and people in the agriculture sector.
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In the Know addresses gap in agriculture-based mental health training

Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Federation of Agriculture teaming up to deliver the training program provincially

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A farmer often goes about their day in relative isolation, especially this last year.  Many will tell you there is reassuring sameness found on the farm when the outside world appears to be falling apart. However, when mental health issues edge in and you begin to crumble, that isolation can be a prison unless you […] Read more
Local farmers talked about mental health in the video produced by the Listowel Agricultural Society.
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Listowel event results in new online mental health resource

The initiative started with the local agricultural society

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From a local food fundraiser to a professionally produced website and videos, a group of Listowel-area farmers have turned a small grant from RBC Royal Bank into a go-to resource for anyone in mid-western Ontario’s agricultural community struggling with mental illness. Why it matters: Much has occurred over the past five years to lessen the […] Read more
Consumers have been choosing healthier foods, especially local fruits and vegetables, as the pandemic wears on.
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Consumers look to healthy food post-COVID lockdown

Comfort, less healthy foods were popular early in the pandemic

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Jane Dummer, a registered dietitian, says the pandemic has caused changes in Canadian eating habits. “If you had asked me in September, ‘would we have run out of baking needs, flour and toilet paper in a pandemic?’ I would have said no, especially because originally the pandemic, COVID-19, was really identified as only respiratory, and […] Read more

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