The launch of Care Farming Scotland at Ingliston in May 2009 was hailed as a great success by Steering Group Chair Martin Robb, who said that it had met and even exceeded the group's expectations.

 

More than 90 people attended the event, and heard speakers including Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Debbie Wilcox from the National Care Farming Initiative and Bill McKelvey of the SAC who gave an update on the SAC's offer to resource the setting up of Care Farming Scotland and provide a secretariat for its first year of operation.

 

Caroline Matheson of Ballicherry Farm and Jamie MacDonald from JobCentre Plus gave their perspectives on the successful Farm to Work project, and speakers from Cyrenians and Trellis told those attending about the work they have been doing in this area for many years.