mental health

As a charity supporting people within the farming community and wider agricultural industry, the Farming Community Network (FCN) is in a uniquely privileged position to hear about the pressures farmers are facing both in public and behind closed doors

Farmer and presenter Adam Henson launches new rural mental health podcast to connect with farmers, but also the wider public to ensure more people better understand farming and the pressures involved

The support network will officially open at Hexham Auction Mart on January 12 2024

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (December 22)

Lynda and Andy Eadon tragically lost their son, Len, to suicide at 22 years of age. Len's Light is their vision to launch a national awareness campaign on the mental health issues that affect people in the rural community

More than 1,300 members of the Public and Commercial Services union, including staff from Defra, RPA and Marine Management Organisation have called for a pilot scheme to analyse the benefits of a four day week on wellbeing and productivity

Mr Jones said he had been working with the Farming Community Network to raise the profile of mental health in farmers

With obstructive tenant and landlord relationships currently in focus, our chief reporter Rachael Brown looks at the Duchy of Cornwall and how it is working with tenants to achieve its net zero goals

The Government rejected the committee's calls to establish a 'National Working Group on Suicide Prevention' specific to agricultural and veterinary occupations

Spending time in the outdoors can have a powerful impact on our health