Florence Becot featured in Council for Agricultural Science and Technology webinar
Florence Becot, Nationwide Insurance Early Career Professor and Agricultural Safety and Health Program Lead at Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, was recently featured on a webinar with the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. Titled “Supporting the Mental Health and Economic Viability of Agricultural Communities,” the webinar focused on the mental health challenges facing farm families, what structural and social factors drive them, and what responses — from peer support to policy change — are showing real results. The session included a substantive Q&A covering help-seeking barriers, stigma, regional differences, and what policymakers should prioritize.