T A B L E O F CON T E N T S
Attribution .............................................................................................................................................. 2
Table of Contents..................................................................................................................................... 3
Meet the Authors .................................................................................................................................... 6
Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................... 7
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. 8 Purpose of the Guide. ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Need for the Guide. ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 What’s New? ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Literature Review................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Vision. ................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Call to Action. .................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Introduction To The Guide ..................................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 1: Why use a farm and farm family risk and resilience framework? .................................. 12
Science and Best Practices...................................................................................................................... 12
Stressors and the Farming Population .................................................................................................... 12
Types of Stressors .................................................................................................................................. 14 Ordinary stressors............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Extraordinary Stressors..................................................................................................................................................... 16 COVID-19 - A Super Extraordinary Stressor ...................................................................................................................... 17 Farm Systems Stressors. ................................................................................................................................................... 22 Stressors Summary ........................................................................................................................................................... 31 Health Challenges .................................................................................................................................. 31 Illness. ............................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Injury. ................................................................................................................................................................................ 32 Self-Treatment. ................................................................................................................................................................. 32
Health Insurance Challenges .................................................................................................................. 33
Financial Challenges............................................................................................................................... 35 Farm Income. .................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Farm Debt as a Stressor. ................................................................................................................................................... 38 Other Financial Stressors. ................................................................................................................................................. 38
Farm Transfer ........................................................................................................................................ 39
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