Prospering through change
Golden Bay dairy farmer Corrigan Sowman spent several years studying how farmers can best tackle the changes underway in agriculture. Now he’s applying what he …
Tag: wellbeing
Making it happen
After three years of Covid disruption and other challenges, rural communities are organising events to reconnect. Erin Harvie and Wendy Main, organisers of a recent …
Online chat with Sam Whitelock – New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers
In this online chat with Sam Whitelock in partnership with New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers, Sam talks through why he became Farmstrong’s ambassador and shares tips …
Wellness to the Fore
Jonathon Hoets is a Farm Manager at Kairoa Dairies Limited, which is part of the Rylib Group farming portfolio located in Mid Canterbury. He oversees …
Calmer Farming
A new online programme – Know your Mindset. Do what Matters – is boosting the ability of rural communities to handle pressure and change. Dairy …
Online chat with Sam Whitelock for Otago and Southland
In this video Sam Whitelock shares how he manages disappointment, overcomes challenges, deals with pressure and other people’s expectations and discusses how you could apply …
Managing Difficult Conversations
Working with people under stress can be challenging. That’s why Catie Avery signed up for a new programme – Know your Mindset. Do what Matters …
Get a copy of Farmstrong’s new book
Farmstrong has steadily collected stories about how different farmers handle the pressures of farming. Now the best of these feature in a new book – …
A Catch-up Over Cricket
Tim Bond recently pulled on the pads for the dairy farmers team in Te Puke’s annual farmers versus growers cricket game. He shared his thoughts …
Doing Things Differently
Leighton Oats is a veteran of the Kiwifruit industry – 20 years plus. Now he runs his own four and half hectare kiwifruit and avocado …
Sam stars in Farmstrong webinars
Farmstrong Ambassador Sam Whitelock recently jumped online to share his thoughts about how to manage stress and pressure in two, popular webinars for farmers and …
Running for wellbeing is no sweat
The physical and mental health benefits of running have been a game-changer for Canterbury dairy support farmer Emma Sampson. “I’m a better person and a …
