Behind the Research
Keystone Community Leaders and Their Role in Farmer-Led Community Organizations
Behind the Research: Q & A with co-author, Dr. Andrew R. Smolski Dr. Andy Smolski, Director of Applied Research Q: Can you tell me what the impetus was for researching these keystone community leaders? AS: Dr. Michael Schulman and I have participated in the Center for Environmental Farming System’s ASPIRE (Agroecology Scholars Program in Research…
Read MoreFamily Farm Members’Stress and Coping Experiences
Behind the Research: Q&A with Dr. Emily Paskewitz Q: Can you talk about why you decided to family farm members in particular? EP: Studying family farm members is something that’s very personal to me. I grew up on a family dairy farm in Minnesota. It was a second-generation farm that my dad took over for…
Read MoreMultidimensional Approach to Tackle Florida’s Agricultural Mental Health Stressors
Behind the Research: Q&A with Marcia Brown, lead author Marcia Brown, University of Florida Q: Can you summarize the purpose of the research that was conducted for this brief? MB: There were two purposes: one, to understand the specific mental health needs of Florida agricultural communities, and second, to increase Extension’s capacity to respond to…
Read MoreFarm and Ranch Mental Health: Stressors, Barriers, and Strategies
Behind the Research: Q & A with Dr. Andy Smolski, lead author SAgE: Can you briefly talk about the purpose of this research brief? Andy Smolski, PhD AS: Our main goal was to be able to provide a summary of our current understanding of farm and ranch stress, in terms of three components. The first…
Read MoreSchool-Based Agricultural Educators’ Knowledge of Farm Stressors and Suicide Warning Signs
Behind the Research: Q & A with Dr. Chaney Mosley, lead author SAgE: Tell us about your research question that you started with. Chaney Mosley, PhD CM: We had many research questions, but this is the first part that we looked at and analyzed. Essentially, it was, what do ag teachers know about farm stress,…
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