Introducing the Hay Are We Okay? Podcast: Inspiring communities to step up for mental health
Hay Are We Okay?
Hay Are We Okay? is a podcast by The Do More Agriculture Foundation showcasing community-led initiatives that support mental health in farming and rural communities. Each episode moves beyond awareness to inspiration and action, sharing stories of people coming together to cultivate connection, care, and well-being across agriculture.
Too often, conversations about mental health focus on the individual: you should get help, you should go to therapy, you should call a call line. Yes, clinical and crisis supports are needed. And, there is much more to the story. This podcast shifts the lens to ask agricultural community leaders across Canada and beyond: how are you opening space for the conversation about mental health?
Each episode gives inspiration and action ideas: what can help cultivate a culture of well-being? Our guests bring stories of programs, events, campaigns, and moments that create space for connection, healing, and hope. We celebrate rural community leaders who are saying: “No one should walk alone. Let’s walk, together.”
More than storytelling, this is idea-sharing. Changing the conversation around mental health in agriculture isn’t something we do alone; it takes all of us.
Listen to the introduction episode below!
Take Action
If something in this episode sparked an idea, stirred a memory, or made you feel less alone, here’s what you can do:
Share this episode with a friend, family member, or fellow farmer to spark new ideas for your community to cultivate the conversation
Reach out to someone in your community who’s doing mental health work and thank them
Lean into your strengths so that no one in your community feels alone in their mental health journey. Let’s walk, together…
Want to share your own story with the Hay Are We Okay? podcast?
Drop us a note at info@domore.ag
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