{"id":417,"date":"2023-06-14T09:29:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/?p=417"},"modified":"2023-06-14T09:29:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:29:47","slug":"read-this-commentary-from-bob-kemerait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/2023\/06\/read-this-commentary-from-bob-kemerait\/","title":{"rendered":"Read this Commentary from Bob Kemerait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I just discovered this commentary from Bob Kemerait, Professor and Extension Specialist in the UGA Dept. of Plant Pathology. Titled &#8220;When being &#8216;tough&#8217; may be too much&#8221;, he eloquently talks about how tough and stoic farmers are, and how sometimes that gets in the way of asking for help when you really need it. As he says &#8220;Knowing when to ask for help and the willingness to accept help are not signs of weakness; they are signs of strength.\u00a0&#8221;  I join my voice with Bob&#8217;s in asking anyone  who is struggling with depression or thoughts of suicide to reach out for help. Please remember the phone number 988&#8211;the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You are the most important asset of your farm, and you cannot be replaced!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>To read Bob&#8217;s commentary, go to <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmprogress.com\/commentary\/when-being-tough-may-be-too-much\">https:\/\/www.farmprogress.com\/commentary\/when-being-tough-may-be-too-much<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2023\/06\/farmers-talking.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-422\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just discovered this commentary from Bob Kemerait, Professor and Extension Specialist in the UGA Dept. of Plant Pathology. Titled &#8220;When being &#8216;tough&#8217; may be too much&#8221;, he eloquently talks about how tough and stoic farmers are, and how sometimes that gets in the way of asking for help when you really need it. As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}