The Naked Farmer - Part 8

 The Naked Farmer - Sponsors

We continue our series of photos posted by the Naked Farmer, Ben Brooksby, a young Australian farmer who takes and posts photos of naked Australian farmers on social media sites.  The naked photos are to get people's attention, and his message is to encourage people with mental health issues like suicidal thoughts to talk about it with someone and not to hide it away.  Ben himself had suffered from panic attacks in school.

Today we look at some photos that Ben has posted of organizations that have sponsored The Naked Farmer's trips around Australia to spread the word about mental health (and to take naked photos).

Clipex is an Australian company that makes fencing and stockyard equipment.  Above is part of a cattle crush, which is not what it sounds like.  It's an enclosure to herd the cattle through and hold them while safely weighing them, testing for TB, vaccinating them, etc.

Crop Opti is an Australian company that offers services like soil testing and weed, disease and insect testing and control, a well as selling farm merchandise and fertilizer.

Grow a Duck is a duck farm in western Victoria.  From this photo, it looks like all those ducks also produce a lot of "organic fertiliser."

Warrawindi Farms is a farm in South Australia that primarily raises cattle and sheep.

All the previous sponsors are agricultural organizations.  The last sponsor, Camera House, is a chain of camera stores all across Australia.  What could be more appropriate for the Naked Farmer, who showcases (naked) photography?

In turn, Ben has become a sponsor of Australian mental health organizations.  Funds that he raised from the sale of his book (above) and calendars were donated to the Royal Flying Doctors Mental Health Service.  The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides emergency and primary health care services to remote rural areas in Australia.

And kudos to Ben's sponsors for the naked photos and for sponsoring The Naked Farmer.

More Naked Farmer photos to come.