{"id":580458,"date":"2026-08-10T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/580458\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:32:09","slug":"mental-health-charity-supporting-farmers-at-beef-stock-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/580458\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental health charity supporting farmers at Beef Stock 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  We Are Farming Minds is taking part in Beef Stock 2026, a food, farming, and entertainment festival happening in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herefordtimes.com\/news\/bromyard\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bromyard<\/a> on August 22 and 23.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Their involvement comes at a time when rural communities face increasing barriers to support, with mental health concerns in farming 46 per cent higher than in other sectors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Suzanne Hunter of We Are Farming Minds said: &#8220;Beef Stock is hosting the We Are Farming Minds stage at a pivotal time, when poor mental health in farming is 46% higher than in other occupations and rural communities have less access to support.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The charity has created a dedicated food and farming stage, sponsored by Two Farmers, featuring talks and discussions from agricultural innovators and food specialists.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Panels will cover topics such as woodland history, farm diversification, and next-generation farming.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The stage will also feature speakers like Gareth Watkins of Gillow Farm and TV presenter and farmer Ally Hunter Blair.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Hunter said: &#8220;By offering a packed programme of talks and sessions across the festival weekend, we hope to meet with fellow people working in farming, agriculture and land based enterprises and provide support and connection.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Elsewhere at the festival, visitors can enjoy BBQ demonstrations, cookery tutorials, and a chilli-eating competition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Food will be served from multiple Beefy Boys stations, alongside guest vendors such as Gurt Wings and Jerk Bay Ltd.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Marketplace will host local traders, artisan butchers, BBQ brands, and food producers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Entertainment will also include music and live acts across stages sponsored by Wye Valley Brewery, along with family-friendly activities and performances from artists including Jake of Diamonds and Razzamo.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tickets for Beef Stock start at \u00a316, with free entry for children aged 12 and under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We Are Farming Minds is taking part in Beef Stock 2026, a food, farming, and entertainment festival happening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[163,85,46,522,523],"class_list":["post-580458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}