Elizabeth Gabriel
Letter from the Editor: Farmer Stress & Wellbeing
Letter from the Editor As you may know, this issue on Farmer Stress & Wellbeing was supposed to be published in September 2022. I’m not...
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Christa Nunez
- Mar 31
- 7 min
The Beginning of Things: Acknowledging the Origins of Common Gardening Techniques
By Christa Núñez Ecological Gardening & Knowledge Sharing Have you ever been out working in your fields or kitchen garden and been...
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Ann Adams
- Mar 31
- 5 min
Resilience in Times of Uncertainty
By Ann Adams As we near the end of 2020, we find our world vastly changed from how the year began. If someone had told me that most...
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Becca Toms
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Growing Health at Daigle Farm in Brooklyn CT
By Becca Toms As you drive down the long driveway to reach Daigle Farm in Brooklyn, you may see deer pausing by the property's pond after...
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Jac Wypler
- Mar 31
- 8 min
Cultivemos: Cultivating Farmer Wellbeing in the Northeast
By Jac Wypler (they+she) Since living through Covid-19, it’s easy to recall times when friends and family sought to relieve stress by...
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Valerie Woodhouse
- Mar 31
- 6 min
Just Breathe: Coping Skills on the Farm
By Valerie Woodhouse Self-care as we usually imagine it doesn’t have a place on my farm. I’d love to say that my clinical social work...
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Hamadi Mganga
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Finding a Home in Farming
By Hamadi Mganga, he/him Alam is Providence Farm Collective’s newest incubator farmer. Providence Farm Collective, or PFC, is a nonprofit...
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Maggie Cheney
- Mar 31
- 10 min
Farmer & Collective Care at Rock Steady
By Maggie Cheney This is a good point in the season to talk about farmer care. In the Spring, there’s always such a palpable joy and...
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Jon Magee
- Mar 31
- 7 min
Solidarity & Organizing get us a Food System that Supports Workers’ and Farmers’ Wellbeing
By Jon Magee “We have to break with the professional doctrine that ascribes virtually all of the problems that clients experience to...
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Claudia Kenny
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Conflict Mediation
By Claudia Kenny Conflict Stress Conflicts are stressful and over time can have destructive effects on our relationships. During a...
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Angela Highsmith
- Mar 31
- 6 min
Mumbet’s Freedom Farm:A conversation with Sunder Ashni while walking through the herb beds
By Angela Highsmith AH: What initially comes to mind when you think about mental health on the farm? AS: When I think about mental...
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Ricky Baruch and Deb Habib
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Ten Ways To Practice Simple, Daily Acts of Gratitude
By Ricky Baruch and Deb Habib, Seeds of Solidarity Farm Face the direction of sunrise upon waking and wash it over yourself. Let the...
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Karma Glos
- Mar 31
- 4 min
Upstate New York to West Cork: why we travel
By Karma Glos I believe our urge to travel was inspired by French interns. Early in our farming, we hosted several French agricultural...
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Elizabeth Gabriel
- Mar 31
- 8 min
Farmer Stress, Suicide and Support
By Elizabeth Gabriel Mental health is often an overlooked challenge farmers face nationwide. There are a multitude of issues that...
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Erica Frenay
- Mar 31
- 6 min
Your Approach to Decision-Making Can Alleviate Stress
By Erica Frenay What causes you to feel stressed out? Major sources of stress in my life include, in no particular order: money, kids,...
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Megan Browning
- Mar 31
- 4 min
I am the Farmer : Mothering & Farming
By Megan Browning, NOFA-VT Abbie Corse, an owner and operator of the Corse Farm Dairy, in Whitingham, Vermont, has been learning to...
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Sara Norton
- Mar 31
- 6 min
Remembering our Roots: Al Johnson’s Odyssey Making the NOFA Film
By Sara Norton With a borrowed camera and a list of people to track down, Al Johnson set out on an odyssey of 1,600 miles to make the...
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