Adele Stewart (Twitter/@domoreag)

By Alice McFarlane

Do More Agriculture

New leader for Do More Ag

May 22, 2019 | 3:08 PM

The Do More Agriculture Foundation has a new executive director.

Adele Stewart has 20 years of experience in the health wellness sector, most recently as director of operations at Bridges Health. Her background is in short and long-term disability, bodily injury, insurance, finance, and mental health.

For the past four years Stewart has been helping others with their mental health in workplaces and communities.

“The opportunity for this position was a perfect fit for me. The ability to combine my agriculture lifestyle with my business experience is a niche opportunity and I am so happy to be assisting in making a bigger impact on mental health in agriculture,” Stewart said in a news release. “We have really just scratched the surface on this initiative and I am touched every day hearing more and more farmers, ranchers and producers make mental health part of their daily conversations. I look forward to meeting more of this great community, so together we can unite in talking more, asking more, and listening more.”

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Stewart will lead the national efforts in support of mental health awareness and education, development and access of mental health resources and support and building community around mental health.

Stewart takes over from Executive Director and Co-founder Kim Keller.

Do More Ag is a non-profit organization focusing on mental health in agriculture across Canada that was founded in 2017.

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alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.ca

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