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Social farming hosts: 'We share our farm with as many as possible'
“We want to share our farm with as many people as possible. We’re proud of what we do and love...
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“We want to share our farm with as many people as possible. We’re proud of what we do and love...
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Social farming Ireland has proven to deliver a wide range of benefits and positive outcomes for people in recovery from...
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A Social Farming open day which is to be held on the farm and home of Patrick and Corina Corrigan...
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Two female service users at Western Care are availing of a social farming placement on 11ac owned by Fania Ellison...
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A Mayo farm family is currently facilitating a social farming placement on their land for two Syrian refugees who were...
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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will continue to fund the Social Farming Model project with support totalling...
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For John Francis Geraghty, who owns a mixed organic farm in Williamstown, Co. Galway, working with social farming participants has...
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“GLAS fits well with the social farming enterprise and it’s a pity that social farming activities are not included in...
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Social Farming Ireland (SOFI) is organising a new round of training opportunities for farmers interested in becoming social farmers. Training...
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The working family farm provides a unique environment in which to address various dimensions of wellbeing in an ordinary, natural...
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A national conference on social farming will take place in the Emmaus Centre, Swords, Co. Dublin, on March 23. Those...
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A love of working horses growing up, and his daughters’ interest in horse riding, prompted returned emigrant Sean O’Connell to...
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A 7ac field given to him by his father has yielded a full-time horticulture enterprise for one Mayo man and...
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Social farming and fostering enthusiasts Marie and Jimmy Barlow from Cloonfaughna, Glinsk, Co. Roscommon, like to joke that when they...
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A part-time farmer who plans to switch over from a traditional dry stock enterprise to a plant-based operation, and who...
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A total of €367,000 in funding for social farming projects has been announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
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Having already hosted one social farming placement on his land, Mayo farmer Paul Maguire is already planning another. One of...
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Four west of Ireland farmers who are taking part in the social farming initiative that is being driven by South...