AgriSafe releases 2024 annual report

COVINGTON, La. — AgriSafe shared its 2024 Annual Report, showcasing its impact on the agricultural community.

From expanding mental health resources to enhancing forestry safety training, the report highlights the depth and reach of the organization’s work.

“Farmers, ranchers and farmworkers work hard every day to provide food, fuel and fiber for our country and the world,” said Natalie Roy, CEO of AgriSafe.

“It’s important that we take care of them by providing strong public and occupational health training that helps them stay safe, healthy and thrive in agricultural work — across all generations.”

In 2024, AgriSafe expanded its team when it hired Jessi Grote as the professional development coordinator and Vanessa Martinez Escobar as a health communications specialist.

AgriSafe partnered with organizations across the country to enhance their continuing education programs, serving everyone from nurses to veterinarians.

“It’s our job at AgriSafe to do what we can to make sure (farmers and ranchers) are well in their body and mind,” Roy said.

“If you look at the work at AgriSafe, you see that balance. Anything from reducing heat stress to making sure that farmers are able to access mental health professionals who know the agriculture industry.”

Other report highlights:

• AgriSafe held 72 virtual training meetings in 2024.

• 5,557 people were trained.

• AgriSafe attended 40 in-person events.

• The AgriStress Helpline added a new state and finished the year with a significant increase in call volume.

• In 2024, 372 people graduated from the Farm Response program, a continuing education course.

• Suicide prevention continues to be a priority for AgriSafe. In 2024, efforts expanded to include agricultural communities through evidence-based interventions such as the Conversation on Access to Lethal Means, or CALM, which focuses on increasing time and distance between at-risk individuals and lethal means, particularly firearms.

• 118 nurses were trained through the AgriSafe Nurse Scholar program.

• 694 people participated in Invest in Your Health, a free curriculum for educators, mentors and young people.

• AgriSafe expanded its resources for the forestry and logging industries.

• AgriSafe continued its Total Farmer Health podcast.

Learn more at www.agrisafe.org.