Last week I received my monthly copy of The Stockman Grass Farmer. This is a print publication started in 1947 dedicated to the art and science of grassland agriculture. The pages are loaded with great tips and techniques from authors like Greg Judy, Allan Nation, and Jim Gerrish to name a few. I typically put the paper aside, saving it for when I have time to read it cover to cover. But this month my attention was drawn to a cover page article, “Relational Harmony” by Joel Salatin (currently the Editor).

In the second paragraph I was confronted with this profound revelation – “Per capita farm suicides are higher than highly publicized suicide rates among war veterans. What’s going on here.”