Looking after growers is vital to a sustainable sector
Kiwifruit grower Steve Shirley hopes Farmstrong’s new Live Well, Grow Well book will encourage growers to look after their most important asset: themselves. The new…
Power Up for Calving season
Calving can be a busy and demanding time, even for the most experienced farmers. Preparing well, managing your workload and prioritising rest and recovery can…
Making Room to Talk
How one Gisborne farming group brought mental wellbeing into the open – and strengthened the support its members offer each other. When Gisborne farmer Sam…
Strong businesses put people first
Looking after people is not separate from running a successful farming business, but can help people manage pressure, make good decisions and perform at their…
Rugby trip gives Wairarapa farmers a chance to reset
After weeks of severe weather, a trip to Wellington gave a group of Wairarapa farmers and rural families something they badly needed – a change…
Farmstrong launches Live Well Grow Well resource
Farmstrong has produced a new resource called Live Well Grow Well to boost the wellbeing and resilience of people working in horticulture. The 140pp book…
Post-harvest get-together ticks all the boxes
Te Puke kiwifruit industry contractor Stephen Crossan recently organised a day’s clay bird shooting to give local growers a break from the busyness of a…
Braving The Cold
Former dairy farmer Kevin Hopkins dropped in at Fieldays to share the benefits of ice water swimming for mental wellbeing. Kevin was born and bred…
Fuel that stoke
Farmstrong is getting behind this year’s ‘Cut The Bull’ campaign to reach a new generation of farmers and growers. Leading the charge is Jack Jensen…
Surprise win for farmer in gravel cycling race
South Otago sheep farmer Alastair Gray got the surprise of this life when his name was called out as the winner of a Farmstrong prize…
