Farm Marketer is pleased to announce that The Impact Farming Show won a BEST OF CAMA 2019 Award at the awards gala held last Thursday, November 14th, 2019, in London, Ontario.

The Best of CAMA is our industry’s annual showcase of creativity, marketing, and communications expertise. It is our industry’s “Academy Awards” where peers award peers for their effort and ability. There are over 50 categories in the competition – radio, television, PR, total campaigns, crisis management, etc.

The Impact Farming Show was honored to be selected by its peers, for the second year in a row, as the winner of the Best of CAMA Podcast category winner.

Category: Audio/Video: Broadcast News, Webinars, Podcasts or Taped Program
Winning Episode: “A Farmer’s Journey Through Stress, Depression & Anxiety.”
Show Guest: Gerry Friesen, Stress & Conflict Management Specialist

To make this award extra special, we are so happy to have won this award with an...

Finalist Announcement

The Best of CAMA Awards Finalists were announced yesterday evening. With that, we are extremely excited to share that "The Impact Farming Show" has been announced as a finalist for the “Audio/Video: Broadcast news, webinars, podcasts or taped programs” category.

The episode that is up for consideration is “A Farmer’s Journey Through Stress, Depression, and Anxiety” with Gerry Friesen from Winnipeg, Manitoba. This was episode 23 and it aired on January 9, 2019.

Here is a snapshot of this episode and why we felt that it deserved added recognition:

One of the most crucial and difficult subjects in the agriculture industry right now is mental health. More than any other profession, farming has the highest suicide rate of all. Even more unbelievable than that is the fact that farmer suicide rate is double that of suicides among veterans.

When we heard Gerry Friesen's very personal story and his courageous ability to speak...