In this 22-minute video, produced in late 2020 by the American Psychological Association (APA) and Farm Aid, Arthur C. Evans, Jr., APA CEO, talked to Minnesota dairy farmer Meg Moynihan about the unique stressors facing farmers and the health benefits of getting help.
VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FFJeQRUse0 &feature=emb_logo
T Y P E S O F S T R E S S O R S
Stressors appear to cluster into two categories: ordinary, or regular, stressors and extraordinary stressors. Ordinary and extraordinary stressors can deter farm business success or contribute to positive changes (Braun, 2019).
Stress is part of the “constancy of responsibilities” described by Beth Kennett, co-owner and co- operator of Liberty Trees Farm in Vermont. Beth also speaks to having a health emergency and to the contribution of farmers to communities in this 6-minute video.
Site: https://www.hirednag.net/resources-for- farmers
VIDEO
Video: https://vimeo.com/236252854
Ordinary stressors. Farm families experience daily stresses over the same things that stress non- farm families, like employment, childcare, household management, financial stability and interpersonal relationships. However, the mixing of the farm business and the family creates some unique stressors. For farm families, they are tied to the farm as a workplace and their home. For many, off-farm employment is necessary to provide cash to finance the family and farm and insurance to partially cover health care costs (Inwood et al., 2018). Intergenerational tensions are conflated with roles as family members and roles as farm owners, operators and/or laborers. A study of multi-generational farm relationships found conflicts between generations around management, decision making, and the transfer of the farm operation (Danes & Lee, 2004).
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