A Guy Named Brian (he/him)<p>“Colorado farmers and ranchers lost access to a critical lifeline when the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week froze funding for a program that supports the mental health of a population whose suicide rate is at least two times higher than the average population, and whose profession is marked by uncertainties in the weather, market and cost of operating.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farmers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ranchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ranchers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuicidePrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuicidePrevention</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/25/usda-cuts-mental-health-lifeline-to-farmers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coloradosun.com/2025/04/25/usd</span><span class="invisible">a-cuts-mental-health-lifeline-to-farmers/</span></a></p>