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Free Mental Health First Aid Training Class
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Just as CPR prepares you to help someone having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge or crisis. This FREE, full-day training is designed for farmers, agribusiness workers, and anyone who lives in or serves rural communities— including civic and faith…
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Free Mental Health First Aid Training Class
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Just as CPR prepares you to help someone having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge or crisis. This FREE, full-day training is designed for farmers, agribusiness workers, and anyone who lives in or serves rural communities— including civic and…
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Farm Net: Talk Saves Lives
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A community-based presentation focused on prevention. Learn common risk factors and warning signs associated with suicide. Presented by Jan Kirshenbaum. Free lunch provided.
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The Immense Power of a Pause
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“The pause is a place of immense potential and power. Cultivating a relationship to the pause means cultivating a relationship to possibility.” – Octavia Raheem Farmers & earthworkers know about rhythms: rise and set of the sun and moon; warm and cold of the day and night; wet and dry of the Spring and Summer.…
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NYCAMH Offers Support for Farmers Facing Physical and Safety Challenges
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With more than 100 agricultural workers injured every day and seven out of ten farms shuttered within five years of a serious accident, the risks are clear — but so is the help. Farming remains one of the most dangerous occupations in the U.S., and unlike many industries, farms present a unique risk to family…
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NY FarmNet Brings Suicide Prevention Education to Communities Across NYS
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There is an urgent need for accessible mental health resources and targeted suicide prevention initiatives in rural America. While suicide is a leading cause of death nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rates soar even higher in rural areas – between 64 and 68 percent higher than in urban areas.…
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A Path to Farm Community
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The Cornell Small Farms Program’s “Reconnecting with Purpose – A Renewal Experience for NY Farm and Food System Educators and Change Makers” fosters a welcoming and trustworthy space for participants to explore challenges, to “live their questions,” and to uncover a sense of clarity and direction in their work and lives. “One of the hardest…
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Cornell, CCE Responding to Farming Mental Health Crisis
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As the nature of farming can lead to feelings of social isolation, it is important that farmers feel like they have people to talk to about their issues. Nicole Tommell knows well the financial challenges today’s farmers face. But over the last few years, Tommell – an agricultural business management specialist for Cornell Cooperative Extension…
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Join Our Be Well Farming Project’s Winter Workshop Series
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Update 1/27/21: The workshops are now full, and we are only accepting waitlist requests. The Be Well Farming project is pleased to announce our winter workshop series for farmers or earth workers of all roles and backgrounds across the Northeast. This season, our series focuses on topics to bring more wellness and better communication to all…
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