Montana Mental Health Campaign Wins National Award
(Kansas City, MO) – At the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) convention the Montana Department of Agriculture’s Beyond the Weather campaign won the prize for the Best Radio Commercial Series that aired on NAFB stations and networks in 2022. Amelia Siroky and Courtney Kibblewhite of Northern Ag Network who developed the campaign and accepted the award […]
Lodge Grass Leaders Address Addiction and Recovery from Within
Mountain Shadow Association (MSA) is a community-based, Native-American non-profit focused on repairing and restoring relationships between children and their parents, citizens and their community, families and their culture, individuals and their environment. Megkian Doyle is the Executive Director of Mountain Shadow Association, a Native American 501c3 whose mission is to support families in their journey toward […]
Bolstering mental health resources for Montana farm families
GREAT FALLS — In Summer 2022, the Montana Department of Agriculture released a new initiative in partnership with Frontier Psychiatry in Billings to create free mental health resources directed at farm families. The partnership was at the inspiration of Courtney Kibblewhite, Vice President of the Northern Ag Network. “We’ve been my family has been a […]
Catalyst for Change – A Model for Rural Mental Health
How can you help your rural community overcome mental health challenges? First, ask people how they are doing and get “Beyond The Weather.” Second, listen in as we talk to Amber Martinsen-Blake, Founder and Executive Director for Catalyst for Change. The program started in Sweet Grass County and has since expanded to Wheatland County with a model that […]
Beyond The Weather: Mental Health In Rural Montana
It’s something that matters to most folks, but most of us still don’t want to talk about: mental health. What are the physical and mental challenges for rural communities regarding mental health treatment? Click the podcast to hear from Department of Agriculture Director Christy Clark on why her department is getting behind this issue. Later, Psychiatrist Eric Arzubi with Frontier Psychiatry and Farmer Tryg […]