Support Rural Farmers: 2024 Farm Stress Summit
March 20, 2024 - Jasper, Georgia
From healthcare providers and nonprofits to county officials and faith leaders, the 2024 Farm Stress Summit welcomes all who want to further their efforts in combatting farm stress within our communities. Our goal is to learn from each other, connect communities with existing resources and establish partnerships across organizations. View the news release for this event.
As a bonus, attendance of this event offers up to 2.5 CEU contact hours for social workers.
Speakers
Speakers will focus on farm family health and wellness, including strategies for enhancing collaborations at the local, state and national level to cohesively support farm families as well as proven and emerging practices for combatting farmer mental health challenges.
Breakout sessions will focus on identifying and leveraging existing community resources and natural supports as well as developing a list of relevant needs.
Keynote Speaker
Kevin Tanner, Commissioner, GA DBHDD
Featured Speakers
- Mark McCann, Assistant Dean, UGA Extension
- Jennifer Dunn, Deputy Commissioner, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD)
- Christina Proctor, Assistant Professor, Health Promotion & Behavior, College of Public Health, UGA
- Diane Bales, Professor, Extension Human Development Specialist, and Child Life Program Director, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, UGA
- Abigail Borron, Associate Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, UGA
- Jean Sumner, Dean, Mercer School of Medicine
Panelists
Panel Moderator: Allisen Penn, UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences Associate Dean for Extension & Outreach
- Justin Miller, Military Veteran | Graduate Coordinator Assistant, Department of Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, UGA
- Matt Berry, owner/operator, CB Farms, Sumter County, GA
- Jamey Hunt, Cattleman | Pastor, Sonoraville Baptist Church, Calhoun, GA
- Morgan Pickering, Community EMT/Behavioral Health Focus, Pickens Co./Jasper, GA
Marketing Materials
Interested in sharing this event with your network? Use our 2024 social media kit or download the promotional flyer.
Previous Events
2023 Event Recap
Slide Presentations
- Mind Your Melon (PDF) - Marshal Sewell
- Farmers' Mental Well-Being: Stressors & Coping Mechanisms (PDF) - Stephanie Basey
- Farm Stress in Georgia (PDF) - Christina Proctor
- Moving Forward: Who, Where, How? (PDF) - Maria Bowie, on behalf of Anna Scheyett
Recorded Presentations
Support Rural Farmers: 2023 Farm Stress Summit
March 20, 2023 - Macon, Georgia
From healthcare providers and nonprofits to county officials and faith leaders, the 2023 Farm Stress Summit welcomes all who want to further their efforts in combatting farm stress within our communities. Our goal is to learn from each other, connect communities with existing resources and establish partnerships across organizations.
As a bonus, attendance of this event offers up to 2.5 CEU contact hours for social workers.
Register online before March 17.
Speakers
Speakers will focus on farm family health and wellness, including strategies for enhancing collaborations at the local, state and national level to cohesively support farm families as well as proven and emerging practices for combatting farmer mental health challenges.
Breakout sessions will focus on identifying and leveraging existing community resources and natural supports as well as developing a list of relevant needs.
Download the speaker bios or read about them below:
Keynote Speaker
Marshal Sewell, Strategic Account & Partnerships Manager, Bayer Crop Science; Founder, 'Mind Your Melon'
Featured Speakers
- Kevin Tanner, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities
- Stephanie Basey, PhD Student, Rural Health Sciences Program, Mercer University School of Medicine
- Tyler Harper, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Agriculture
- Anna Scheyett, Professor, University of Georgia School of Social Work
- Jennifer Dunn, Southwest Area Health Agent, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
- Christina Proctor, Health Promotion & Behavior Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Georgia College of Public Health
Marketing Materials
Interested in sharing this event with your network? Check out the social media kit and download the promotional flyer.
2022 Event Recap
Slide Presentations
Downloads available in PDF format:
- Stronger Together - Ray Atkinson
- Farmers' Mental Wellbeing in Georgia: A Statewide Survey - Stephanie Basey and Anne Montgomery
- Three Studies and What They Tell Us About the Way Forward - Anna Scheyett
Questions? Contact conference co-chairs Lucy Ray and Maria Bowie.
This work is supported by the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network- Georgia Farmer Healthy Mindset [grant no. 13395431/2021-09304/ project ascension no 2021-70035575], from the US Department of Agriculture, National Institute on of Food and Agriculture. Any opinion, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and short not be construed to represent any official (USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy).
Event Details
Date and Time
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., March 20, 2024
Address
Chattahoochee Tech - Appalachian Campus
100 Campus Dr.
Jasper, GA 30143
Topics
- Farm stressors
- Tools available for coping
- Strategies for positive collaboration
Partners
UGA Extension is proud to partner with the following organizations to make this event possible:
- Georgia Department of Agriculture
- Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- American Farm Bureau Federation
- University of Georgia School of Social Work
- Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
- University of Georgia Institute on Human Development and Disability
- Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
- Georgia Agricultural Wellness Alliance