TradeMutt Radio

Ben Brooksby is a 5th generation farmer from St Helens Plains in Western Victoria who works on his family property growing crops and breeding sheep.

After posting a near naked picture of himself online where he was strategically covering himself in a truck load of grain, the picture went viral and started a movement. Now farmers all over the country are stripping down and taking creative photo's of themselves with the tag line, It takes guts to get your gear off, as it takes guts to talk about mental health.

However behind the fun approach to conveying a message about vulnerability, Ben, The Naked farmer himself, has a story of his own.

Show Notes

Ben Brooksby is a 5th generation farmer from St Helens Plains in Western Victoria who works on his family property growing crops and breeding sheep.

After posting a near naked picture of himself online where he was strategically covering himself in a truck load of grain, the picture went viral and started a movement. Now farmers all over the country are stripping down and taking creative photo's of themselves with the tag line, It takes guts to get your gear off, as it takes guts to talk about mental health.

However behind the fun approach to conveying a message about vulnerability, Ben, The Naked farmer himself, has a story of his own.

What is TradeMutt Radio?

TradeMutt Radio is hosted by two Aussie tradies that put down the tools and embarked on a mission to change the face of mental health in Australia by using bright and funky work wear as a way to start conversations and make an invisible issue impossible to ignore. Ed Ross and Dan Allen take a colourful spin on blue collar mental health sharing yarns from under the TradeMutt bonnet, hearing from mutters first hand and taking a dive into relevant topics from from their own perspective while also leaning on the expertise of mental health professionals from their not for Profit, TIACS.