A new program in Manitoba is providing free counselling services to farmers, their families, and employees, aiming to address the growing mental health challenges faced by the agricultural community. Gerry Friesen, Chief Administrative Officer of the Manitoba Farm and Workers' Program, shares his personal experience with mental health struggles and the importance of support within the farming community.
Farming is more than physically taxing, it can also have serious impacts on mental health . And there's a program in Manitoba working to help producers that may be struggling beneath the surface. Global's Daisy Woelk reports.“I was a hog producer, and the hog industry had been incredibly volatile the prices,” said Gerry Friesen, the Chief Administrative Officer of the
“For some strange reason, that day I started opening up and talking to a neighbor, which was really kind of strange in retrospect. I’m not sure what came over me, but I did. The possibility of additional funding could help the MFWP expand, which would be helpful given more people are using it than when it first started in 2022.U.S. confirms 1st severe bird flu case, California declares state of emergency“Our numbers in the second year doubled from the first year. And now, in the third year, we’re already at 150 per cent of what we were last year, and the year isn’t over yet,” Friesen said. For confidentiality reasons, he did not share exact numbers.
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