Farming Matters: Tom James - Our mental health campaigns are not working

It is okay not to be okay. Reading this opening, you are probably thinking ‘here he goes, talking about his mental health struggles’.

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Farming Matters: Tom James - Our mental health campaigns are not working

It is okay not to be okay. Reading this opening, you are probably thinking here he goes, talking about his mental health struggles. I am fortunate enough not to have struggled mentally to the extent...

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