Research highlights the social and economic challenges faced by farming households in caregiving roles, suggesting a need for improved support.
Our findings reemphasize the importance of attending to the social and economic needs of farmers and farmworkers in research, outreach, and policy. This includes helping farming community navigate their caregiving responsibilities in a way that accounts for how their realities (e.g. needs of people they care for, self-employment status, immigration status, rurality of residence) shape their needs and ability to access help. Our findings also add to the growing scholarship challenging stereotypes that farming communities are socially tight-knit, self-sufficient, and do not want help.
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