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May is Mental Health Awareness Month.\u00a0 Every year, I do an interview related to agriculture and mental health.\u00a0 Click to listen to prior interviews with Ted Matthews<\/a>, Adrienne DeSutter<\/a>, and Lesley Kelley.<\/a><\/p>\n

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This year, I was thrilled to have my friend, Shannon Ferrell, join me to talk about the work he is doing in this area.\u00a0 Shannon offers important insight, information, suggestions, and encouragement.\u00a0 He summed up our discussion with the most important line:\u00a0 This world is better with you in it.<\/strong> \u00a0To listen to my interview with Shannon, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our show notes also highlight a number of resources, which I’ll also include below.<\/p>\n

Dr. Matt Brosi at Oklahoma State University<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mental Health First Aid\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

QPR Institute\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Oklahoma State University Farm Stress Website\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

National Agricultural Law Center Farm Stress and Mental Health: Where Can You Turn?<\/a><\/p>\n

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