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…
Managing Difficult Conversations Working with people under stress can be challenging. That’s why Catie Avery signed up for a new programme – The Know Your Mindset, Grow Your…
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…
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…
Research shows Farmstrong having positive impact When Waikato dairy farmer George Cawte was growing up, there wasn’t much talk in his rural community about wellbeing or the importance of looking after…
Stepping out for rural wellbeing North Canterbury sheep scanner and crutcher Ben O’Carroll opens up about why he recently ran 112km from the Cheviot Hotel to the Carlton pub in…
Getting off farm’s important Dairy farmer Graham Berry milks 240 cows on a 145-hectare West Coast farm near Franz Josef. Farmstrong caught up with him to get his thoughts…