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Reggie Premo and a small team from the University of Nevada-Reno Extension host workshops on gardening and creating hoop houses, similar to greenhouses, to help tribes statewide increase food security.
High Suicide Rate: U.S. farmers are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population. In Utah, they die by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in the state.
Temporary Help: A federal program offering Utah farmers free therapy was so successful that it ran out of money in four months. But lawmakers have chosen not to continue funding it.
Stressors Facing Farmers: Farmers experience unique stressors, including fluctuating market prices, unpredictable weather and the expectation they handle mental health issues on their own.
In March, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the State Department was launching an AI-powered “Catch and Revoke” initiative to accelerate the cancellation of student visas. Algorithms would collect data from social media profiles, news outlets, and doxing sites to enforce the January 20 executive order targeting foreign nationals who threaten to “overthrow or replace the culture on which our constitutional Republic stands.” The arsenal was built in concert with American tech companies over the past two decades and already deployed, in part, within the U.S. immigration system.
With the government under fire over its planned benefit cuts, the anti-poverty charity Trussell said that failing to tackle hunger and hardship would have severe human costs and cause damage to the wider economy and public finances.
Related organizations such as the Non-life Insurance Association and the Seoul Family Court are taking commemorative photos after signing an agreement to support protected children. (From left) Park Il-kyu, chairman of the Korea Social Workers’ Association, Lee Won-hyung, president of the Seoul Family Court, Lee Byung-rae, chairman of the Non-life Insurance Association, and Lee Jong-ik, vice chairman of the Korea School Social Workers’ Association.
