Do More Agriculture executive director Megz Reynolds onstage at Canada’s Farm Show in Regina June 20.

Platform promises anonymous, farm-based mental health help

The AgTalk peer support platform has been unveiled by Do More Agriculture

Farmers who tap into a new mental health service will get relatable, anonymous support for their struggles, according to the organization behind the initiative. The Do More Agriculture Foundation has launched AgTalk, a platform for those in the Canadian agriculture industry. It is a partnership between the foundation, RBC, BASF and the McCain Foundation and

Editorial: The changing faces of agriculture

Roaming the hallways and meeting rooms of this week’s CropConnect conference in Winnipeg offered an interesting snapshot of the state of farming in this province. Kudos to the organizers: the two-day conference put on by a consortium of nine commodity groups has proven itself a success on numerous fronts. With all the commodity groups out


Farm Credit Canada backs industry mental health push

Farm Credit Canada backs industry mental health push

Rooted in Strength — Taking care of our Families and Ourselves booklet is designed to help farmers across the country do just that

You wouldn’t dream of trying to feed the world on your own, so why carry the weight of the world on your own shoulders?” That’s Cynthia Beck, a suicide intervention responder in Saskatchewan speaking in a series of videos she’s produced for a new Farm Credit Canada resource identifying how to stay mentally healthy when

Comment: You don’t have to be alone with farm worries

There are resources to help those whose mental health can be determined by the level of the rain gauge

I thought I was doing fine. Not too worried or concerned. I kept telling myself it would all work out, and if it didn’t we’d be OK. We’ve always had a crop. We would this year too. It wouldn’t be a bumper crop. Not even an average one, but after being married to a farmer

Kim Keller says the Do More Ag Foundation is in the process of seeking charity status but currently is a not-for-profit organization. Charity status would allow the group to issue tax receipts and enhance accountability, she says.

Do More Ag Foundation attracts partner support

The organization created to focus on farmers’ mental health wants to become a registered charity

The Do More Ag Foundation isn’t even half a year old, but the not-for-profit organization created to focus on farmers’ mental health, is attracting big-name partners, including most recently Bayer. “It has been absolutely incredible the support that we have been getting for sure,” Kim Keller, one of the foundation’s four founders and acting executive