11/24/2021
"Earlier this year, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture put an ad on Facebook for mental health help for farmers. It got almost 2,500 clicks in only 18 days.
That’s where the MDA’s new “Bend, Don’t Break” initiative comes in. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded the MDA and 11 project partners $500,000 to support and develop programs addressing farm stress and rural mental health."
LEDC-MN is a partner in the initiative... Read more: https://bit.ly/3nNx3ti
via MPR News
With the drought and the COVID-19 pandemic, it's been a tough year for Minnesota farmers. Rodrigo Cala of the Latino Economic Development Center, a partner in a new Minnesota Department of Agriculture mental health initiative, spoke to Cathy Wurzer about stress among Latino farmers.