Our 20 time project overall to me seemed like it worked, because even though we did a little bit, and a few people saw our website, that is a few more people that will be safer around the farm and a few more people that know about how bad farming suicide is. Now I think we will continue to spread the word and find new ways to do it.
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one of the difficulties and Riley and I, is how to get the word out just a little more and how to actually solve the problem instead of just telling people about it. we have made progress though, we put up posters and finished the website, our next step is just to spread the word more and try to help people be safer on farms.
I thought that this topic is was very important because on august 24,2018 my cousin josh committed suicide. Going through the struggles of grief i realized that it all because of stress that caused him to do this. It struck me how much stress is american farmers shoulders. And me being a worker and farm owners son in the farming industry I wanted to find a way to help out.
The reason Agriculture suicide and safety is important to me is because I grew up on a farm and Growing up I saw all of the dangers of being a Farmer and my parents would always tell me to be safe any time I was outside because of all the farm equipment moving around. As I got older I started to notice how big of a problem suicide in the Agricultural community was so I wanted to do something about it, that is why I made this website.
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About Riley & andrewWe are small town farmers of McBain Michigan. We have seen these problem first hand and decide to try and help solve these problems. ArchivesCategories |