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It’s not weak to speak

It was a warm, sunny afternoon in Takaka in Golden Bay. 

As daylight beamed through a window only to hit the back of a curtain, Kellogger, Wayne Langford found himself bedridden in a cool, dark room. He had been flat on his back every afternoon for more than a week to escape his constant mental anguish.

But this day was different.

“I had like an out-of-body experience.

“It was as though I was hovering above myself looking down and saying ‘what the hell are you doing in bed?’”

It was 2pm on March 18, 2017. 

It was his 34th birthday.

“I couldn’t help but think I should be out and about celebrating with people, not stuck indoors….”

To read more about Wayne Langford by Luke Chivers, click here.

Calling all dairy farm workers

Blake Marshall from Ngai Tahu Farming is completing his Kellogg Rural Leadership project on “The importance of developing positive stress management and mindset skills in young dairy farmers”.

He is wanting to survey dairy farm workers.

If you are a dairy farm owner or employer and want to be involved in this survey or receive a copy of the report on completion, please email him on Blake.Marshall@ngaitahu.iwi.nz

No bull behind record milking attempt

“The record-setting exercise is the brain-child of healthy farming campaigner Ian Handcock who was responsible for the Farmstrong initiative, aimed to improve farmers’ mental and physical health.

In 2013 Handcock’s Kellogg rural leadership project on dairy farmer health highlighted how sedentary the job had become, and its effect on farmers’ fitness.”

https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/dairy/view/no-bull-behind-record-milking-attempt

Kellogg looks forward and back

“The first ever gathering of Kellogg Alumni is being organised for May but it also notes the retirement of programme leader Dr Patrick Aldwell who has been involved in 21 courses since 1999.
The former Dean of Commerce at Lincoln University, Aldwell has been replaced by former Beef and Lamb NZ chief executive Scott Champion.”

https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/other/view/kellogg-looks-forward-and-back

Giving back drives award winner

Jessie Chan-Dorman is a Kellogg Rural Leadership scholar, has completed a Fonterra governance programme and was the recipient of Canterbury’s Institute of Directors aspiring director award in 2014. And she was named 2017 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year at the Dairy Women’s Network annual conference in Queenstown.

https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/dairy/view/giving-back-drives-award-winner