Our team will be participating in agriculture meetings around the state and at annual conferences, so stop in and say HI. If you have questions or suggestions please reach out as this is a new program for UME. 

COME SEE US AT:

Field Crops Research Twilight Barbecue & Ice Cream Social

Wednesday, August 3, 4-9 pm

Central Maryland Research & Education Center

Upper Marlboro, MD

Maryland State Fair

Friday, August 26- Sunday, August 28

Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium, MD

2022 MASCD/NACD NE Region Annual Meeting

August 28-31

Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, MD

Please take a moment to enjoy the Cultivating Resilience podcast, where farm care starts with self-care. In Cultivating Resilience, you’ll hear from real independent farmers on the struggles they face every day, and how they are overcoming them. We’ll provide resources to strengthen your mental health and survive uncertain times. Guests discuss specific stresses that farmers face such as family farm succession, economic burdens, and rural isolation. 

Let’s build a community where farmers and ranchers can support each other through the shared experiences of joy and struggle that come hand in hand with working and cultivating land. Be sure to listen, share, and review so that we may continue building this community and cultivate the resilience in the agricultural community. Listen while you're washing carrots or taking a walk or whenever your favorite podcast time may be. Share it with farmers, service providers, and your friends and co-workers.

The podcast is hosted by Network members Hans Hageman and Kay-Megan Washington and multiple episodes feature Dr. Jesse Ketterman of the Farm Stress Management team.

Episode 1: Farm Finances features Cultivemos Network members Valerie Woodhouse from Honey Field Farms, and Maria Pippidis and Dr. Jesse Ketterman from Cooperative Extension

Episode 2: Climate Change Anxiety hears from Wichie Artu from Magnetic Fields Farm and Dr. Nadine Burton from Tallawah Farms

Episode 3: Community featuring Ashanti Williams and Arian Rivera of the Black Yard Farm Collective, and Eustacio mil Quino

Episode 4: Family Farming & Legacy featuring Thelma Kiernan, Amanda Dotterer Condo, and Candice Dotterer White.

Episode 5: Warning Signs and How to Help with Extension Educators Maria Pippidis and Dr. Jesse Ketterman and Keith Ohlinger, owner of Porch View Farm in Maryland. 

We produced a new video walkthrough of the therapy intake process. It uses a step-by-step approach to the entire process and makes it easier to understand.

Free Therapy Services for Farm Families

When Self-Help Isn't Enough
Video Length: 27:27 |  Date: July 13, 2022
Speaker: Alexander Chan
Description: This presentation is designed to reduce avoidable delays in receiving appropriate mental health care. In this session that is tailored for members of the agricultural community, participants will learn to identify and address the internal roadblocks one may experience when making the decision to seek professional assistance with mental health issues.

In response to the multiple cases of High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) on farms in Maryland and Delaware we have compiled the following resources.

• https://extension.umd.edu/programs/agriculture-food-systems/program-areas/animal-science/poultry/avian-influenza 

• https://mda.maryland.gov/Pages/AvianFlu.aspx