From healthcare providers and nonprofits to county officials and faith leaders, the 2025 Farm Stress Summit welcomes all who want to further their efforts in combatting farm stress within our communities. Our goal is to learn from each other, connect communities with existing resources and establish partnerships across organizations.?
禁漫天堂 Extension is proud to partner with the following organizations to make this event possible:
As a bonus, attendance of this event offers up to 2.5 CEU contact hours for social workers.
Speakers
Speakers will focus on farm family health and wellness, including strategies for enhancing collaborations at the local, state and national level to cohesively support farm families as well as proven and emerging practices for combatting farmer mental health challenges.?
Breakout sessions will focus on identifying and leveraging existing community resources and natural supports as well as developing a list of relevant needs.?
Keynote Speaker
,?Owner of Hunter Family Farm and 2023 Woman Veteran of the Year
Featured Speakers
- ,?Associate Dean, 禁漫天堂 Extension
- , Associate Dean for Extension & Outreach,?禁漫天堂 College of Family and Consumer Sciences?
- , Commissioner, Georgia Department of Agriculture
- , Commissioner, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD)
- , Director of Outreach Law Enforcement and Emergency Management, Georgia Department of Agriculture
- , Director, Georgia Agricultural Wellness Alliance
- , Dean, Mercer School of Medicine
Afternoon Workshops
Supporting Best Practices in Suicide Prevention and Postvention?
Workshop leaders:?
- ,?Deputy Assistant Commissioner, DBHDD
- , Owner, Shiloh Farms
COMET Training: Peer-led group discussion and implementation
Workshop leader:?
- , Freelance Rural Health Researcher
Panels and Tabletops
Advocacy Panel
Panel Moderator: ,?Professor, Agricultural Leadership Education and Communication, 禁漫天堂 College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences?
- , Strategic Policy Advisor, Georgia Council for Recovery and the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association
- ??, Executive Director, Georgia Council for Recovery
- ??, Executive Director, Georgia NAMI
Post-Disaster Recovery Group Tabletop
Tabletop facilitator:? ,?Professor, Extension Human Development Specialist, and Child Life Program Director, 禁漫天堂
Group facilitators:
- , Director of Outreach Law Enforcement and Emergency Management, Georgia Department of Agriculture
- ,?Disaster Mental Health Coordinator,?DBHDD
- ,?Clinical Assistant Professor, 禁漫天堂?Institute for Disaster Management?
- , Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, 禁漫天堂
- , CEO, McClendon Law and Consulting
Marketing Materials
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Support Rural Farmers: 2023 Farm Stress Summit?
March 20, 2023 - Macon, Georgia
From healthcare providers and nonprofits to county officials and faith leaders, the 2023 Farm Stress Summit welcomes all who want to further their efforts in combatting farm stress within our communities. Our goal is to learn from each other, connect communities with existing resources and establish partnerships across organizations.
As a bonus, attendance of this event offers up to 2.5 CEU contact hours for social workers.
before March 17.
Farm Stress Summit Agenda (PDF)
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Speakers
Speakers will focus on farm family health and wellness, including strategies for enhancing collaborations at the local, state and national level to cohesively support farm families as well as proven and emerging practices for combatting farmer mental health challenges.?
Breakout sessions will focus on identifying and leveraging existing community resources and natural supports as well as developing a list of relevant needs.?
Download the speaker bios or read about them below:
Keynote Speaker
, Strategic Account & Partnerships Manager, Bayer Crop Science; Founder, 'Mind Your Melon'
Featured Speakers
- , Commissioner, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities
- , PhD Student, Rural Health Sciences Program, Mercer University School of Medicine
- , Commissioner, Georgia Department of Agriculture
- , Professor, University of Georgia School of Social Work
- , Southwest Area Health Agent, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
- ,?Health Promotion & Behavior Clinical Assistant Professor,?University of Georgia College of Public Health
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Marketing Materials
Interested in sharing this event with your network? Check out the?social media kit?and download the?promotional flyer.
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2022 Event Recap
Slide Presentations
Downloads available in PDF format:
Questions? Contact conference co-chairs Lucy Ray and?Maria Bowie.
This work is supported by the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network-?Georgia Farmer Healthy Mindset [grant no.?13395431/2021-09304/ project ascension no?2021-70035575], from the US Department of Agriculture, National Institute on of Food and Agriculture. Any opinion, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and short not be construed to represent any official (USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy).
