Common Roots Urban Farm (CRUF) is a community oasis in bustling downtown Halifax. At CRUF, people of different abilities and experiences can garden in, and harvest from, the farm’s common areas or affordable community plots.
DoMoreAg is a not-for-profit organization that will collect money to educate the agriculture industry on mental health and provide access to services. In Saskatchewan, there is a confidential telephone counselling service called the Farm Stress Line.
It's a job where the weather can make or break you, international trade rulings are personal and solitude is commonplace.
Farming is stressful — and a recent suicide has Saskatchewan farmers speaking out on the issue.
The next time you're munching on that delicious corn or eating something that comes from a farm, think about this: Suicide rates in farmers are the highest of any occupation. That's an alarming statistic. So large are the number of farmer suicides that Max Kutner of Newsweek(April 10, 2014) has called it an international crisis. It's a case where the job can kill you.
A Canadian study conducted between 1991 and 2001, found farming to be among the occupations with the highest suicide mortality rates.