Current Projects

AgriStress Response®

AgriSafe launched a national initiative, AgriStress Response, to increase positive mental health outcomes among individuals in agriculture, forestry, logging, and fishing. Our goal is to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health and to increase awareness and access to support for mental health, stress, depression, anxiety, and suicide in agricultural communities.

Check out our AgriStress Response projects:

FarmResponse®

FarmResponse is an e-learning training module developed by public health experts in the field of agriculture. This unique training improves the cultural competencies of healthcare professionals working in hotline, emergency, or primary care services.

Cultivating a Healthy Mind CurriculumSM

AgriSafe offers free Invest in Your Health curriculum for agricultural educators via six modules that include our newest addition on mental wellbeing, “Cultivating a Healthy Mind.” We believe that teens should be taught how to identify unhealthy stress and to learn coping skills that will last into adulthood. AgriSafe provides the Train the Trainer course instruction, training materials, and classroom content all in one location.

Opioid Misuse Prevention

AgriSafe has developed a series of trainings for health care providers to help them better respond to farmers who are misusing opioids in the workplace. These training modules are intended for various health care professionals, including: Physician- AMA; Dental- ADA CERP; Nursing; Social Work; Pharmacy; CHPE (UMMC) and Emergency Medical Services. Learn more about opioid misuse prevention.

Suicide Prevention Training

  • QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) – Over the last decade, farmers and farm families have experienced increasing pressures resulting in high levels of stress, mental health, and suicide. QPR training teaches laypeople and professionals to recognize and respond to mental health crises using the approach of Question, Persuade, and Refer.
  • CALM (Conversations on Access to Lethal Means) – CALM is a suicide prevention training that encourages safe storage of lethal means (firearms and medications) during a suicidal crisis. By temporarily putting time and distance between a suicidal person and highly lethal means, a life may be saved. 

Request any of these trainings for your group or meeting.