Executive Director of The Do More Agriculture Foundation championing mental health in agriculture. Farmer, author, historian, researcher in Saskatchewan. Writing, reading, gardening, baking, kayaking, parenting and watching the sky.https://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3m3xdlmtjcc2bClose to one year in my role as ED of The Do More Agriculture Foundation here is Canada. What I know is this: how we tell a story matters. And I bring storytelling to every community where I get to facilitate our signature workshop Talk Ask Listen.24 Oct 2025 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xdlmtjcc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3m2pfa6ti7k22So proud. I was in Ottawa to accept the CAMIMH 2025 Champion award for community organization on behalf of The Do More Agriculture Foundation. I should have recorded my speech so I can remember what I said!08 Oct 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2pfa6ti7k22https://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lwomuixocc2mScenes from a farm weekend. #MassiePanoramicFarm18 Aug 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwomuixocc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3luvs25k5c22yMy hops and grape are vying for garden domination. Who do you think will win?27 Jul 2025 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3luvs25k5c22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lulbt5qch22yThat’s… canola… growing in my tomato bed. 🤣😀👌22 Jul 2025 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lulbt5qch22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lu4lysm3pc2fLeading the screening of Deep Rooted, a new documentary that examines the crisis of mental health that faces Canadian farmers. Tonight @broadwaytheatre in Saskatoon on behalf of The Do More Agriculture Foundation.16 Jul 2025 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu4lysm3pc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lsme7rkrjk2wAurora borealis bookmarks. So much fun.27 Jun 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsme7rkrjk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3ls3n53igp22rI’m thoroughly enjoying learning (slowly, painfully) how to use watercolours. I’ve been making bookmarks and I use them as gifts. It’s a satisfying way to practice creativity. It’s the process, not the outcome.21 Jun 2025 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls3n53igp22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lrz4iqbrpc26Our farm is a working farm. It’s also a space for peace and personal projects. This is my latest: https://merlemassie.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/telephone-of-the-wind-creating-a-wind-phone-at-massie-panoramic-farm/20 Jun 2025 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrz4iqbrpc26https://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lqfwsfet3s26A reminder that one of the largest and most destructive fire seasons in western Canadian history was the Great Fire of 1919. Which was in May. https://foresthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2015_GreatFireof1919.pdf30 May 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfwsfet3s26https://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lpuejethfs2sMy latest #MassiePanoramicFarm project: a #WindPhone . Wind phones are ways to make the phone call you need to make, with someone who has passed, a call you wish you had made, or even a call to the future. #TelephoneOfTheWind23 May 2025 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpuejethfs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3loczbemgec2hSite of my next farm project. Can’t wait.04 May 2025 04:27 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3loczbemgec2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lnftrgjg7s2uOn Good Friday, extended family was out enjoying the farm, including walking my labyrinth. I love sharing it with friends and family.22 Apr 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnftrgjg7s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lncaulrbrc2nMe. Rapids of Eagle Creek. What a great day. ❤️21 Apr 2025 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lncaulrbrc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3ln6zq7oy2c2lNew flag at #MassiePanoramicFarm 🇨🇦 Canada ❤️19 Apr 2025 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln6zq7oy2c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3ln42w324322qI’ll take ‘Random Cool Things That Come in the Mail,’ Alex. My 10 year pin from The Writers Union of Canada.18 Apr 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln42w324322qhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lmxxn7q2qc2qI love that my labyrinth is ready for walking! ❤️17 Apr 2025 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxxn7q2qc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lm5vsdbauc2lThis is my farm labyrinth that I finished this past fall. As captured by Google Maps. So cool! #MassiePanoramicFarm06 Apr 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm5vsdbauc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3llzlpqfutc2wI gave a presentation on mental health and how we can each ‘do more’ at the recent SaskEgg convention. This week a man in that audience reached out to tell me that I’d touched his heart. We had a lovely chat. ❤️04 Apr 2025 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzlpqfutc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3llhx5pjmzs26The magical world of the Mayan underground. Cenotes everywhere.28 Mar 2025 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhx5pjmzs26https://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3llfd5gpqqc26I hear it’s storming at home…27 Mar 2025 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3llfd5gpqqc26https://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lkyy3oklgs2dA freak spring storm moved through north of Saskatoon today. 0/10 do not recommend trying to find the road. So many were in the ditch. We were coming back from a funeral in Prince Albert and it was a total shock. #springstorm23 Mar 2025 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkyy3oklgs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lkteheg4r22nCinder needs love. She had emergency surgery yesterday to remove two cancerous growths from her ear. She is not barking right now because it hurts. Love is requested.20 Mar 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkteheg4r22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lkovugcvck2hI love my tagine. Super easy supper. Toss and go, always tasty.19 Mar 2025 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkovugcvck2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3ljrzbyjjgk2vAn early morning flight means my sleep just before includes a dream where I’m trying frantically to get to the airport, and miss the plane. I can report success despite the dreamworld’s attempts to scuttle. #traveldreams #flying07 Mar 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljrzbyjjgk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3ljm33h2eys23https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.667186405 Mar 2025 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljm33h2eys23https://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3liu6ftyupk22In his 1969 Gronlid, SK Principal’s Message, my Dad opened with a quote from Josef Stalin: ‘Paper will put up with anything written on it.’ He suggests that the greatest difficulty confronting humankind is delineating substance from style & fact from fiction in selecting leaders.23 Feb 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3liu6ftyupk22https://bsky.app/profile/merlemassie.bsky.social/post/3lifbot2n3s27Those who know what this is… you are my people.17 Feb 2025 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:kw25luilji4bbrfbejdalupj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifbot2n3s27