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Problems of health and well-being of farm and slaughterhouse workers...

All over the world suicide rates, deaths, and instances of mental health issues
among farm and slaughterhouse workers are far greater than the average.

The 
Farm Safety Foundation, also known as Yellow Wellies, is a UK-based charity dedicated to raising awareness of farm safety and mental well-being in farmers.
Website   Facebook   Twitter   Instagram   YouTube

Farmwell is a one-stop resource to help farmers & their businesses stay strong and resilient.  Website  Facebook  Twitter

Agri-Health Matters  Health services for farmers, allied industry and the rural community.  Instagram  Facebook

If anyone knows of any other organisations anywhere looking after the well-being of farmers then please let me know.

Here are links to a few articles about the problems...

Mental Health Risks to Farmers in the UK
  • https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/43055/pdf/

Mental health is the biggest problem facing UK farmers
  • https://www.farminglife.com/country-and-farming/mental-health-is-biggest-problem-facing-uk-farmers-3567478

A Slaughterhouse Nightmare: Psychological Harm Suffered by Slaughterhouse Employees and the Possibility of Redress through Legal Reform
  • https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/geojpovlp15&div=17&id=&page=

Suicide mortality rates in farm-related occupations and the agriculture industry in the United States
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34482544

Slaughterhouse Workers: The Forgotten Victims Of The Meat Industry
  • https://www.livekindly.com/slaughterhouse-workers-victims-meat-industry/

Why Feel Sorry for Slaughterhouse Workers?
  • prime.peta.org/news/why-feel-sorry-for-slaughterhouse-workers/

The harrowing psychological toll of a slaughterhouse worker
  • metro.co.uk/2017/12/31/how-killing-animals-everyday-leaves-slaughterhouse-workers-traumatised-7175087/

Slaughterhouses Prey on the Most Vulnerable Humans and Nonhumans Alike
  • freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-ethics/slaughterhouses-prey-on-vulnerable-humans-and-animals/

Landscapes of support for farming mental health: Adaptability in the face of crisis
  • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/soru.12414

The disturbing link between slaughterhouse workers and PTSD
  • https://www.surgeactivism.org/articles/slaughterhouse-workers-and-ptsd

Lung cancer among butchers and slaughterhouse workers & possible causes of increased lung cancer incidence
  • https://www.jstor.org/stable/40966128
  • https://www.jstor.org/stable/40965512 

Suicide in the farming community: methods used and contact with health services
oem.bmj.com/content/57/9/642
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This Transitioning page lists organisations helping farmers and other businesses in transitioning to a Plant-Based farming / food system. 
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