Mental Health Innovations Exchange

On the first Wednesday of every month, two to three mental health and agricultural professionals talk about their mental health projects in a 10-15 minute flash presentation. The objective of our monthly meetings is to highlight innovative mental health ideas and strategies to serve the farming and ranching community.

This is an open monthly meeting with representation across our nation. Please extend invitations to colleagues and other professionals who are interested in this subject.

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Coming January 7, 2026:

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Catch Up on Previous Meetings:

Meetings are recorded, so if you have missed one or want to listen again to a presentation, you can!

December 3, 2025

Maud Powell (start at 00:43) – Ag Advisor Training

Laura Siegel (start at 31:13) – AgriSafe’s Mental Health Programming

November 5, 2025

Luis Cantu (start at 01:45) – South TX Cattle and Hay – Suicide Awareness

Kate Mudge (start at 22:02) – Care Farming Network and the Rise of a New Kind of Farming in America

October 1, 2025

B Tyrell (start at 00:48) – (Not) Trusting Adults: A Flaw in the Community-Based Suicide Prevention Approach

Maddy Vanderkooy (start at 35:38) – Pizza for Producers

September 3, 2025

Bethany Mattingly and Dale Dobson (start at 14:16) – Raising Hope – Kentucky

August 6, 2025

Tim Brennan (start at 2:40) – The Farm Foundation

Kate Hohensee (start at 36:11) – Mind Matters

July 2, 2025

Dr. Tara Haskins (start at 01:34) – Community Health Workers

Dr. Shane Conway (start at 21:50) – Farmers’ Yards

June 4, 2025

Terryn Dreiling – Support and Collaboration for a Mentally Healthier Us (start at 03:59)

Trish Rivera (start at 27:35) and Amanda Wickman (start at 31:45) – Mental Health of Texas

May 7, 2025

Seanda Barrett Blocker – Support and Collaboration for a Mentally Healthier Us (start at 03:18)

Melissa Markegard – Innovative Approach to Increasing Protective Factors Among ND Farmers and Ranchers (start at 32:07)

Monica Kramer – Innovative Approach to Increasing Protective Factors Among ND Farmers and Ranchers (start at 37:08)

April 2, 2025

Rev. Vinicent D. Holland – Spiritual First Aid (start at 00:36)

Alex Dunlop – New Funding Opportunity in Rural Mental Health Innovations in CO, ID, MT, NM, and WY. (start at 23:43)

Dr. Tara Haskins and Kira Lindeman – AgriStress HelpLine: Three Years of Hope, Help, and Impact (start at 40:11)

March 5, 2025

Tara Haskins – CHW and CALM (start at 00:30)

Mike Gaerke – DM Carts – For the Farmer, By the Farmer (start at 05:13)

Asa Billington, PhD (they/them) – LGBTQ+ In Agriculture (start at 36:13)

February 5, 2025

Jessica Grote – Foster Love with Beef (start at 00:57)

Natalie Roy – AgriStress Response Network Opportunities for Engagement (start at 25:40)

December 4, 2024

Sean E. Brotherson – Farm Stress Hits Home: Agricultural Counseling and Mental Health Education Efforts in North Dakota (start at 00:53)

Isabelle Wettergren – R1 Learning/Federal-Recovery Ready Workplace Toolkit (start at 29:06)

November 6, 2024

Lynn Thomas – Horses for Mental Health (start at 03:35)

Marcy J. Harrington – Abusive Supervision: Latino Immigrant Forestry Services Workers in the Pacific Northwest (start at 33:30)

October 2, 2024

Deb Kelsey – Fishermen as First Responders to Combat the Opioid Epidemic (start at 1:50)

Nichole Huff – PROFIT – Promoting Recovery: Considering Financial Stress and Substance Use (start at 32:08)

September 4, 2024

Christina Proctor, PhD and Noah Hopkins, MPH – Examining the relationship between stress, barriers to healthcare, and alcohol use in the US agricultural community (start at 00:26)

Chuck Strand – Rural Minds (start at 35:55)

August 7, 2024

William Wendelman – Heroes and Horses Program (start at 02:03)

Kaila S. Anderson, LMSW – LandLogic Model (start at 36:03)

July 3, 2024

Erika Scott– Logging Industry Stressors and Impacts on Health (start at 00:45)

Rebekah Weston– Climate Change and Mental Health (start at 29:38)

June 5, 2024

Amanda Roome– Man Therapy (start at 02:13)

Lacey Singleton– Sober Cowboy (start at 31:54)

May 1, 2024

Abigail Kahrs– AgriSafe’s Youth Mental Health Curriculum Updates (start at 04:33)

Chad Reznicek– LEGACY Documentary and Colorado Ag Voucher Program (start at 20:56)

April 3, 2024

Greg Kettner– Change The World with Laughter (start at 6:19)

Jamie Styons– Innovative Naloxone Campaign (start at 27:48)

March 6, 2024

Holly Aker – Boots to Business, Veterans beginning farming or ranching (start at 4:25)

February 7, 2024

Chris Pawelski– Muckville Documentary Film (start at 1:27)

Dr. Tara Haskins – Farm Response/ AgriStress Helpline (start at 33:48)

January 3, 2024

Dr. Ivette Ruiz, Ph.D. MHS, HS-BCP – Healing By Growing Farms (start at 1:05)

Hanna Bates / Jennifer Pollmiller, MA – The Coffee Break Project (start at 24:50)