Wisconsin Ag Groups Launch Social Media Campaign to Get Farmers Talking About Stress
Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 -- 9:41 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -A group of Wisconsin agricultural organizations have teamed up to launch a social media campaign to get farmers talking about stress and encourage rural neighbors to look after one another.The Wisconsin Farm Center began the idea after receiving more than 2,300 calls from stressed producers last year. #FarmNeighborsCare urges rural residents to have face-to-face conversations with farmers and agri-business owners. To participate, farm neighbors can put together a small goodie bag, snack or meal and take a picture to share on Facebook with #FarmNeighborsCare. Deliver that item to a farmer and stay for a few minutes of conversation. This is meant as a time to check in and see how the person or family is doing. Ideally, this will not stop at one conversation, but will become a regular habit.
Participating groups that are partnering in the effort include AgrAbility of Wisconsin, Dairy Business Association, Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, National Farm Medicine Center, Professional Dairy Producers, Rural Mutual Insurance Company, Wisconsin Corn Growers Association, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, Wisconsin Farm Center, Wisconsin Farmers Union, Wisconsin Pork Association, Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association and the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board.
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