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Wednesday, 19 October 2016 07:55

Scheme helps 1000 a week

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Organiser of the rural wellbeing programme Farmstrong say it has exceeded expectations in its first year, supporting on average 1000 people each week to live and farm well.

In its recently released ‘Making it Happen’ – an annual report-style document -- Farmstrong refers to its first-year reach, impact and successes, notably its website getting 51,451 unique visitors in the first year – reaching around 1000 people a week.

“We’re rapt with the way Farmstrong is tracking. We knew we’d make an impact for farmers and growers, but we couldn’t have dreamed it would gain this much momentum so quickly,” says spokesman Gerard Vaughan.

Other highlights from the report include:

6205 Facebook followers and 1100 on Twitter

31 Healthy Thinking workshops attended by 1122 farmers, growers and agri-professionals

1003 participants in the Farmstrong Challenge, travelling 633,216km

22 South Island rural comedy shows attended by 3150 people.

“These results show there’s a need for this kind of support in farming and farming communities in New Zealand.

“Before we launched Farmstrong we asked farmers what they wanted from a wellbeing programme, and we’re delivering on their requests with such topics such as sleep, nutrition, exercise and ways to get off the farm more,” says Vaughan.

“We want to congratulate and thank everyone who has got involved and taken something from Farmstrong.

“For us the most important asset on the farm is the farmer, and we’ll continue to deliver farmer-led programmes, initiatives and resources to support farmers with this.

“We’re only just getting started. We have a stack of great initiatives on the horizon and are keen to share these with all Kiwi farmers, to help more people live well and farm well.”

www.farmstrong.co.nz 

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