The 298th recipient is Eleanor Warner of Speak Easy Farm @speakeasyfarm in New Orleans, LA: Eleanor writes:
What self-care and well-being mean to me as a farmer: “Different things for different contexts! Living in the city, I feel rich in community, interaction, and social net type support. What’s harder for me to fill is care for compounding physical/body needs and ailments. Preventative care to reduce likelihood of repetitive-action-type injuries. Time and money to participate in a yoga class, or receive a massage, or consult with an herbalist as a patient, or buy ice packs, or restock a personal first aid kit. It took me years to get signed on to Medicaid to wait months to get an appointment to get a referral for physical therapy to address a long-stranding chronic injury, which was then pretty quickly resolved once I could access the P.T.”
How I might use this $100 self-care award: “I’d use it for 6 community yoga classes that cost ~$15 each plus a jar of muscle salve.”
Most important self-care needs that contribute to my well-being as a farmer: “A program like the Musician’s Clinic in New Orleans, but for farmers, that would ensure access to Medicaid coverage and offer farmer-tailored health programming. It could range from vouchers for upgrading mattresses to reduce back pain, to discounted mental health services, to physical therapy offered during non-typical workweek hours, etc.”
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