Suicide rates among farmers have risen 40 percent in less than two decades according to the Center For Disease Control. 6 times the national average. It's a topic that needs to be addressed, yet most farming communities are not willing to speak up. They grin and bear it, or pick themselves up by their bootstraps and keep going as the saying goes.
Darrin is trying to change that after losing one of his close friends and fellow farmer to suicide a few years back. He’s become someone to talk to for the farmers in his community, talking through issues when they’re feeling down and guiding them towards programs that can help.
This program is funded through a Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network grant provided by the United States Department of Agriculture and administered by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture.
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