The Partner Organizations will provide the MassGrown Wellness mental health and wellness resources to their membership and all interested parties that contact them with a request for the mental health and wellness toolkit. Toolkit materials include peer support training videos, conversation guides when speaking with farmers facing difficult circumstances, instructive fact sheets, posters and postcards to raise awareness of the program and resources.
Current Partner Organizations
MassGrown Wellness welcomes all Massachusetts agricultural community members to join our partner organizations. Current Partner Organizations are listed below. Please reach out to the listed contact to discuss the available MassGrown Wellness mental health and well-being resources for your group or farm. MassGrown Wellness welcomes any MA agriculture focused organization to join our Partner Program. Contact Keri Cornman at keri.cornman@mass.gov for additional information.
| Organization | Contact | Web Site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-H Foundation | Meg McDermott | memcdermott@umass.edu | ag.umass.edu/mass4h |
| Berkshire Grown Inc. | Ian Brunell | buylocal@berkshiregrown.org | www.berkshiregrown.org |
| Cape Cod Community Development Partnership | Tricia Murray | tricia@capecdp.org | www.capecdp.org |
| Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association | Emma Wick | ewick@cranberries.org | www.cranberries.org/ |
| Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) | Jen Smith | jen@buylocalfood.org | www.buylocalfood.org |
| Land for Good | Jae Silverman | windrowfarmconway@gmail.com | www.landforgood.org |
| Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society | Lucy Grinnan | programs@mvagsoc.org | marthasvineyardagriculturalsociety.org |
| MNLA (MA Nursery and Landscape Association) | Rena Summer | mnlaoffice@aol.com | www.mnla.com |
| Multicultural Bridge | Gwendolyn Van Sant | gwendolyn.hvs@multiculturalbridge.org | www.multiculturalbridge.org |
| New Entry Sustainable Farming Project | Jennifer Hashley | jennifer.hashley@tufts.edu | nesfp.nutrition.tufts.edu/# |
| Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center | Dr. Deborah Leta Habib | deb@seedsofsolidarity.org | www.seedsofsolidarity.org |
| SEMAP | Shannon Hickey/Susan Murray | smurray@semaponline.org | www.semaponline.org |
| South Coast Food Council | Christine Smith | csmith@marioninstitute.org | marioninstitute.org/programs/sfpc/ |
| The Food Project | Maritza Rosario | mrosario@thefoodproject.org | www.thefoodproject.org/ |
| UMass Extension | Lisa McKeag | lmckeag@umext.umass.edu | ag.umass.edu/ |