DO MORE.
Helping you champion mental health in agriculture.
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I need help now:
Find support now: local agriculture crisis lines, resources and websites across Canada.
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I need to learn more:
Information, ideas, inspiration and stories to help you navigate mental health. Check out wellness tips here.
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I want to lead change:
Drive action for awareness to break stigma, build community, and connect people to help that works.
TALK MORE. ASK MORE. LISTEN MORE.
The Do More Agriculture Foundation is a national voice helping you champion mental health in Canadian agriculture. Those working in the agriculture industry are vulnerable to mental health challenges, with amongst the highest suicide rates of any industry. We help you collaborate and connect with courage and confidence to help you change lives.
How can you Do More? It starts here: Talk More, Ask More and Listen More. Together, we cultivate a culture of wellbeing.
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WHY DOES DO MORE AG EXIST?
The Do More Agriculture Foundation (Do More Ag) was started by farmers who said: we need to Do More to shine a light on mental health in agriculture.
Asking for help is not easy. There is a strong culture that pushes health to the sidelines: There is work to do. We don’t have time for that. Just tough it out.
When “tough it out” isn’t working, you need something that does.
Why?
Rural communities where farmers live often have poor access to mental health supports. We help you navigate a range of national, provincial, and local supports that understand agriculture, ensure privacy, and help you to thrive.
Why?
We all have a role to play. We help you navigate the path forward: get help that works for you, grow your confidence for mental health conversations, and help you champion a culture of wellbeing so that you and all those around you get help if and when you need it.
Why?
Mental health challenges, mental injury, and mental illness affect agriculture from the farmgate to the boardroom. Yet the number one reason why people don’t reach out for help? Shame. Stigma about getting help is a major public health risk. So: we need to do more.
" YOU ARE NOT ALONE. IT IS MORE THAN OK TO ASK FOR HELP. THERE IS HOPE AND THERE IS RELIEF.
— Gerry Friesen, The Recovering Farmer
HELPING YOU CHANGE LIVES.
Become a Do More Ag partner.
We help you cultivate a culture of mental wellbeing in agriculture.
We help you put people first: yourself, family, neighbors, colleagues.
As a partner of The Do More Agriculture Foundation (Do More Ag), you support initiatives to raise awareness and action about mental health, break the stigma, provide community connection, and share resources to build belonging, hope, healing, and wellbeing across all of agriculture.