Reports & Journals
A selection of reports into the development of care farming in the UK and Europe, reports from NCFI conferences, plus international journals on social/care farming
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, NCFI Network Coordinator, looking at the development of care farming and the issues facing care farmers across a number of European countries. 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.
NCFI(UK) Conference Reports:
NCFI(UK) has held two 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.