FarmHope expands mental health care to Ag industry

  • TIFFANY LASHMET, J.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agricultural law specialist; Miquela Smith, AgriLife Extension health program specialist in the Disaster Assessment and Recovery unit; and Mikaela Spooner, Ph.D., Texas A&M Telehealth Institute psychologist and clinician, have conducted multiple FarmHope seminars in the past year. Photo courtesy of Texas A&M AgriLife
    TIFFANY LASHMET, J.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agricultural law specialist; Miquela Smith, AgriLife Extension health program specialist in the Disaster Assessment and Recovery unit; and Mikaela Spooner, Ph.D., Texas A&M Telehealth Institute psychologist and clinician, have conducted multiple FarmHope seminars in the past year. Photo courtesy of Texas A&M AgriLife

    Free counseling and stress management support are available to Texas agricultural producers and their families through FarmHope -- a collaborative effort of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas A&M Health Telehealth Institute.

    Farmers and ranchers face some of the highest rates of anxiety, depression, substance use and suicide in the nation. Yet many rural residents strugg…