Bayer Crop Cast

Regional Australians are disproportionately affected by barriers that impact access to health and mental wellbeing services. On this episode of Better Agriculture, we learn about how Bayer is contributing to sustaining our regional communities. The Bayer Big Fish challenge is tackling mental resilience across regional Australia, while the Red Cross Baby Hub program provides vital education and resources for mothers and babies in the remote indigenous Galiwin’ku community in the Northern Territory. Show notes Our host Ed Gannon is joined by Ben Thompson, the Key Account Manager at Bayer Crop Science, and John Hamparsum, a grain grower from Breeza in the Liverpool Plains of New South Wales. Later in the episode, Ed is joined by Sally Carr, Head of Group Partnerships at the Australian Red Cross. • [02:29] Ben explains how the Bayer Big Fish Challenge came to be. • [04:29] How does the Bayer Big Fish challenge work? • [06:55] What is the Bayer retreat? • [12:10] The changing perception of mental health