Reports & Journals
A selection of reports into the development of care farming in the UK and Europe, reports from Care Farming UK conferences, plus international journals on social/care farming.
Care Farming In Scotland: Understanding health and social care commissioning and procurement
Report by Tony Homer, independent consultant and associate to the Scottish Government's Joint Improvement Team.
Care Farming in the UK : Evidence and Opportunities
Rachel Hine, Jo Peacock and Jules Pretty, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester
Support for Care Farming: A review & look forward
A joint report by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) and Care Farming UK
Social Farming: An Opportunity
for Northern Ireland
A study to examine the current scope and future opportunities for social/care farming in Northern Ireland
Care Farming & Individual Care Budgets
Summary and report from an event with took place on Care Farming and Individual Budgets at Heeley City Farm in Sheffield on 9th February, 2010.
Farming & Care Across Europe - A Nuffield Scholarship Report:
A study undertaken by Debbie Wilcox, Care Farming UK Network Coordinator, looking at the development of care farming and the issues facing care farmers across a number of European countries. Report date April 2009. You can download the whole report from the link below.
Report on 1st Meeting of the European Platform on Social/Care Farming:
A report from October 2007 on the SoFar Project. This is a collaboration between seven European countries with the aim of clarifying the concepts and practices of social/care farming and to promote specific EU policies to support the use of agriculture in care and social inclusion practices.
Care Farming UK Conference Reports:
Care Farming UK (formerly NCFI) has held three successful conferences, which bring together practitioners and experts from across the UK to share ideas and support the expansion of care farming.
International Journal of Therapeutic Communities ('Green Care' Edition):
A special green care edition published in autumn 2008 which contains a series of papers which draw parallels between green care communities and therpeutic communities. The green care movement is an attempt to organise and promote research and practice around these communities and activities. It is not a formal "movement" or a single organisation but a number of different national and international initiatives and networks that cooperate with one another.
Care Farming in the Netherlands
A report published in 2007 on the status and potential of care farms in the Netherlands. At the time of publication care farming was the fastest growing sector of multifunction agriculture in the Netherlands.