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Social Farming benefits to be highlighted at open day

January 19, 2019

A Social Farming open day which is to be held on the farm and home of Patrick and Corina Corrigan in Carrickmacross, Co.…

Mayo smallholder hosts female social farmer placement

January 13, 2019

Rural Life

Two female service users at Western Care are availing of a social farming placement on 11ac owned by Fania Ellison outside Newport, Co.…

Mayo family host Syrian farmers on social farming placement

November 25, 2018

Rural Life

A Mayo farm family is currently facilitating a social farming placement on their land for two Syrian refugees who were previously farmers. Oliver…

Social farming gets €700,000 funding boost for 2018

September 17, 2018

Rural Life

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will continue to fund the Social Farming Model project with support totalling €712,515 under the…

‘Social farming participants brought life to the farm’

September 9, 2018

Rural Life

For John Francis Geraghty, who owns a mixed organic farm in Williamstown, Co. Galway, working with social farming participants has been a positive…

Call for social farming to feature in CAP initiatives

May 26, 2018

Rural Life

“GLAS fits well with the social farming enterprise and it’s a pity that social farming activities are not included in GLAS or other…

Are you interested in being a social farm host?

April 14, 2018

Rural Life

Social Farming Ireland (SOFI) is organising a new round of training opportunities for farmers interested in becoming social farmers. Training will take place…

Family farm provides ‘unique environment’ to address wellbeing issues

April 1, 2018

Rural Life

The working family farm provides a unique environment in which to address various dimensions of wellbeing in an ordinary, natural and holistic way, a…

‘Facilitating social farming helps combat rural isolation’

March 4, 2018

Rural Life

A national conference on social farming will take place in the Emmaus Centre, Swords, Co. Dublin, on March 23. Those attending will have…

Galway farmer develops €1 million regional equestrian indoor facility

February 18, 2018

Rural Life

A love of working horses growing up, and his daughters’ interest in horse riding, prompted returned emigrant Sean O’Connell to develop an equestrian…

Horticulture enterprise grows for Mayo couple

October 29, 2017

Rural Life

A 7ac field given to him by his father has yielded a full-time horticulture enterprise for one Mayo man and his wife. Joe…

Meet the Roscommon family with the open house for fostering and social farming

October 14, 2017

Rural Life

Social farming and fostering enthusiasts Marie and Jimmy Barlow from Cloonfaughna, Glinsk, Co. Roscommon, like to joke that when they wed, it wasn’t…

Galway farmer moves from dry stock to plant-based enterprise

October 7, 2017

Rural Life

A part-time farmer who plans to switch over from a traditional dry stock enterprise to a plant-based operation, and who has a wind…

Over €360,000 in funding announced for social farming projects

September 4, 2017

Rural Life

A total of €367,000 in funding for social farming projects has been announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael…

Mayo farmer set to host second social farming placement

September 2, 2017

Rural Life

Having already hosted one social farming placement on his land, Mayo farmer Paul Maguire is already planning another. One of 22 farmers across…

Social farm open days to be hosted in the west

August 30, 2017

Rural Life

Four west of Ireland farmers who are taking part in the social farming initiative that is being driven by South West Mayo Development…

Ireland’s Social Farming Network receives €350,000 funding boost

July 25, 2017

CAP / Schemes

An additional €350,000 in funding has been allocated to Ireland’s Social Farming Network, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed,…