AgSafe BC has released Stronger Together, a nine-minute mini-documentary about BC’s Sumas Prairie farmers affected by the flooding that devastated many of the region’s agricultural operations in November 2021. It’s available on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/3JnCYAw

 The video is part of AgSafe’s larger Mental Wellness in Agriculture initiative that encourages producers to reach out for help and offers mental wellness resources for the agricultural community.

The video as a whole is a powerful look at how the people in one community have come together to support each other through a laborious, financial and mentally taxing recovery process. The stories and sharing of emotion are powerful and honest.

Premiering in late January 2023 at the Pacific Agricultural Show, Stronger Together was produced with the support of the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Foods, Canadian Agricultural Partnership, and the Government of Canada.

On November 14, 2021, farmers, ranchers and growers in the Fraser Valley, Nicola Valley and Princeton experienced what would become one of the most devastatingly destructive events of nature to hit British Columbia’s agriculture industry. It would take many producers more than a year to even begin to recover. 

AgSafe encourages those in B.C.’s agriculture industry dealing with mental wellness challenges to reach out for help. Confidential resources are available on the organization’s website, www.AgSafeBC.ca/mental-wellness.

Source:  AgSafe BC January 30, 2023 news release