'I'm constantly putting on a brave face': farmers speak out on mental health

Isolation and bad weather are compounding the strain from what National Farmers' Union calls the "anti-meat agenda"When 20-year-old shepherd Ffion Hooson opened up on social media about her recent mental health struggles, she was overwhelmed by the response.Her father had suffered a stroke, leaving her to run their farm in Denbighshire, North Wales, alone. The responsibility and bad weather had crushed her to breaking point, she said. Continue reading...