Running on All Cylinders: Mental Health in the Farming Community with Clinton Wilson, AgWell Program Director, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
March 11, 2022, 2:50-3:50 pm
This presentation will help with identifying signs and impacts of stress including anxiety, depression, anger, and substance abuse. Learn about normalizing conversations around emergencies including suicide and recognize suicide warning signs/distress signals. Learn techniques to manage signs of stress, including Mindfulness and wellness strategies.
Clinton Wilson is the Program Director AgWell, an agriculture well-being program sponsored by RMFU. He spent most of his career working for social-service non-profits in the Pacific Northwest. In 2017 he and his family relocated to Colorado where he has spent the last four years working with farmers and ranchers as the Executive Director of Poudre Valley Community Farms: a farmland cooperative, based in Fort Collins. Clinton hopes that AgWell can “build a more connected, community-focused, collaborative, and robust support system for the agricultural community here in the Rocky Mountain Region.”