Avera’s Farm and Rural Stress Hotline

"Farmers are expected to be tough, but that pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps mentality is so unfair to them." - Matthew Stanley, Clinical VP for Avera Health

Today's farmers and ranchers have demanding jobs often compounded by economic uncertainty, vulnerability to weather, and isolation. In response to this, Avera Health has started a Farm and Rural stress hotline helping agricultural families and communities navigate the challenges they face. Thanks to the Bush Foundation for helping us shine a light on this issue.

Scored for strings and piano and filmed throughout rural communities in South Dakota.

Direction and production: Joe Hubers