Description
This article helps congregational leaders identify and effectively communicate with a farmer under stress. A publication of the Michigan State University Extension, the article offers practical tools and advice for anyone who may know or live in a community of farmers. To help people support farmers, the article shares stressors that farmers often experience, signs a farmer might be experiencing harmful levels of stress, and specific strategies and resources for supporting a farmer under stress.
Features
- Warning signs of stress
- Specific questions and statements to use
- Ideas for supportive actions
- Steps to take if you suspect a farmer is in crisis
- Suggested resources
Practical Applications
- Learn the unique signs of stress exhibited by those in the farming community and understand how to more effectively and empathetically communicate with them.
- Apply the questions, statements, and actions suggested in this article during conversations with a farmer you know who is under stress.
