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  • Agricultural Community QPR for Farmers and Farm Families: Over the last decade, farmers and farm families have experienced increasing pressures resulting in high levels of stress, mental health issues and suicide.

    QPR for Farmers and Farm Families

    What is QPR? QPR training teaches laypeople and professionals to recognize and respond to mental health crises using the approach of Question, Persuade and Refer. To attend this training participantsRead More

  • Lyme disease symptoms. early signs three to thirty days after bite. fever, chills, headache, fatigue. Later signs. facial palsy, irregular heartbeat, dizziness, bull's eye on skin.

    Webinar: Talking About Ticks- Lyme Disease

    Summary: As people spend more time outdoors, so do many insects and pests. Among them are ticks, which are small bloodsucking arachnids. The deer tick (also known as the black-leggedRead More

  • Webinar: Stress Control Strategies for the Forestry and Timber Workforce

    Summary: Stress can directly impact safety. Whether managing forestry wildfires or working long strenuous days harvesting and hauling timber, the forestry and logging workforce face unique situations that can predispose stress and challenges to mental well-being. The agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting (AgFF) industries has one of highest percentages of deaths by suicide. Key factorsRead More

  • Webinar: Protecting Ag Employees from Infectious Diseases in the Post-COVID Era

    Summary: In the wake of the global impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the ensuing coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), the urgency to safeguard agricultural employees from infectious diseases has become paramount. Acknowledging the rapid and profound effects of the pandemic on a global scale, particularly its impact on individuals engaged inRead More

  • Webinar: Musculoskeletal & Ergonomic Safety for Forest Workers

    Summary: Forest workers face unique ergonomic challenges due to their exposure to extreme environmental conditions, heavy workload, and dangerous tools and machines. The forest sector has one of the highest rates of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs), almost 100 times higher than the industrial targets the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) set. This programRead More

  • Webinar: Combating Heat and Cold Stress for Forestry Workers

    Summary: Forestry workers may be subject to extreme heat and cold. Working outdoors makes people more likely to become dehydrated and experience heat-related illness or heat stress. High temperatures reduce work capacity and may lead to heat stress and dehydration. Although exposure to heat stress is preventable, thousands become sick from occupational heat exposure everyRead More

  • Agricultural Community QPR for Farmers and Farm Families: Over the last decade, farmers and farm families have experienced increasing pressures resulting in high levels of stress, mental health issues and suicide.

    QPR for Farmers and Farm Families

    What is QPR? QPR training teaches laypeople and professionals to recognize and respond to mental health crises using the approach of Question, Persuade and Refer. To attend this training participants must be 18 years of age or older. In this 1.5-hour QPR training, we will provide: - Information on the unique challenges farmers face thatRead More

  • total farmer health logo: fitness, social, finances, diet, hazards, spirituality, cognition, sleep, weather, and healthcare.

    Webinar: Using a Total Worker Health/Total Farmer Health Approach to Assessing Ag Worker Wellbeing

    Summary: In the San Luis Valley, Colorado – community leaders have voiced increasing concern for the behavioral health of workers in the agriculture industry. Using Total Worker Health® and Total Farmer Health® frameworks, we developed an interactive worker wellbeing assessment. Approximately 118 participants responded to our survey with a completion rate adequate for analysis. ThisRead More