Tag: break from farm
Highlighting our recent Farmstrong – The Bitches’ Box: Episode 4 shows
This video shows how Farmstrong recently teamed up with the Rural Support Trust to bring the Bitches’ Box: Episode 4 comedy shows to flood-affected, rural…
Getting the balance right
A motocross accident nearly ended Gary Sunshine-Tervit’s farming career, but after a long period of recovery he won Otago/Southland dairy manager of the year in…
Comedy shows bring light relief
Farmers and growers in Hawke’s Bay were treated to a night out full of belly laughs in what’s been a tough year for locals following…
Rugby match raises funds for Farmstrong
Despite a few battered and bruised bodies, a charity rugby match held in Manawatu for over-40s was totally worth the pain. The men’s game between…
Sam Whitelock says -‘Give yourself a break’
Farmstrong ambassador Sam Whitelock is urging farmers to treat themselves as their farm’s ‘number one asset’ and take regular breaks to prevent burnout and injury. Helping…
Big Picture Thinking
Laura Koot runs an agritourism business and is a driving force behind the Fairlight Foundation which trains women farmers. She’s also raising a family. Farmstrong…
Live Well, Farm Well Podcast – Junior Taulago
The Country’s Rowena Duncum talks to Junior Taulago – an inspirational convert to the primary sector, who’s gone from hip-hop dance instructor to Hawke’s Bay…
No sweat converting woolshed into gym
Converting a South Canterbury woolshed into a gym for locals to get together and work out was no sweat for farmer and qualified nutritionist and…
Rip-roaring gravel cycling series brings locals together
The inaugural Gravel in Paradise gravel cycling series held in rural Otago this year brought the local community together and offered cyclists a rip-roaring adventure…
Making time to keep well
Accessing health and wellbeing services can be tricky for people working rurally. That’s why Farmstrong’s teamed up with Taranaki Catchment Communities, Melanoma NZ, Stay Well…
