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Mental Health Resources for Farmers Thursday Feb 4th, 2021 News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. Yesterday, we reported on the significant toll the pandemic has taken on the mental health of farmers and farmworkers. One challenge unique to rural communities is a lack of local resources and places to go to get help. To address this challenge, the American Farm Bureau has compiled resources on a website, www.FarmStateofMind.org. Here’s director of communicatio...

Pandemic Impact on Farmers Mental Health Wednesday Feb 3rd, 2021 News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. The pandemic has had an effect on all of our lives, and our farmers and ranchers are no different. The American Farm Bureau recently did a survey on the causes of stress and mental health issues in farmers and other rural adults. This was a follow up to a similar survey conducted in 2019 to determine what changes may have occurred as a result of the pandemic....

The Sebago Lake area has a drug problem as the second major drug seizure in the past few weeks happened early Sunday morning. According to the Cumberland County Sheriffs Department Facebook page, three people were arrested when a Deputy pulled over a vehicle on Route 302 in Naples for a suspended registration. When the Deputy searched the vehicle, they found 253 grams of fentanyl, 177 grams of cocaine and 4.8 grams of crack cocaine and that was just the drugs. In addition there was a firearm...