Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for a sixth consecutive year in 2024, affecting more than 295 million people across 53 countries and territories, according to a U.N. report released on Friday.
Human health
World hunger levels rise for sixth consecutive year: report
“This is not the time for us to turn our backs” says Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Protecting the farmer from zoonotic diseases
Close contact with livestock during calving or lambing can increase the farmer’s exposure to potentially devastating illnesses that can infect humans
As many farmers and veterinarians work with animals on a regular basis, it can be easy to become careless about protecting ourselves from zoonotic diseases.
Scientific truth on life support when it comes to food
Does food science still matter in an era when influencers get more air time than medical researchers?
Food science research from Harvard would once have been able to sway more public opinion. In the age of social media and influencers, those days are gone.
New initiative to promote farmer mental health launched
Collaborative solutions wanted
The Canadian government is looking for new ways to help the mental health of farmers across the country — and has launched the Producer Mental Wellbeing Initiative (PMWI) to find "collaborative solutions that employ novel strategies" to do just that.
Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program given charitable status
The program provides counselling services specific to farmers, their families and employees
The Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program is now a registered charity recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency.
Prioritizing farmer mental health
Farmers have to deal with intense stressors and the stigma of getting help, but support from community can help, dairy producer and farm mental health advocate says
Farmers have to deal with intense stressors and the stigma of getting help, but support from community can help, dairy producer and farm mental health advocate says.
‘Nothing groundbreaking’ in throne speech
The throne speech, which opens the newest legislative session, included plans for healthcare and policing
Crime and health care took up good chunks of the provincial throne speech Nov.19; agriculture also got a few crumbs.
Lake Winnipeg, GATE lead agriculture notes in Manitoba throne speech
Manitoba opened a new session in the Legislature with the speech from the throne Nov. 19
Agriculture got only a few mentions, although general rural issues got more attention, during Manitoba’s Nov. 19 speech from the throne.
Mental health help, tailored to fit farmers
Mental health should have a role in farm emergency response plans, speaker says
Lack of agriculture experience makes available mental health resources less suitable for farmers. The Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing wants that to change.
KAP to lobby for farmer well-being licence plates
Money raised from sale of plates would support Manitoba Farmer Wellness program
Keystone Agricultural Producers plans to lobby the provincial government to allow specialty licence plates that would support mental wellness programs for farmers. A resolution requesting the effort was passed at the organization’s July 24 advisory council meeting. Money raised from the sale of the plates, if approved, would go toward Manitoba Farmer Wellness, which launched in 2022. The program provides
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