Quote of the week:
#SocialFarming is 'more rewarding than I could ever put words to'.

Q: How long do #SocialFarming sessions last?
A: Tailored to the individual/group from 1- 5 hours

#Animalrescue & #animaltherapy go well together. Just met a therapist using #owls .

Regional WhatsApp groups for farmers providing a #SocialFarming service benefit all involved. In 2 regions covering 12 counties in the South there are now 60 farmers connected and working together.
#Colleagues #Communication #Cooperation

Visiting 12 #SocialFarming enterprises this weekend to deliver free posh 'seconds' #wellies for participants.

#Naturehelps
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Thanks Riverford

Yes 🥁 🙌😀there are now over 100 #SocialFarming #CareFarming enterprises in the #SouthEast .

#Taiwan business supports #carefarm .
'Regent Taipei’s restaurants – the Gallery Lounge and Robin’s Steakhouse & Teppanyaki have transitioned to free-range eggs from New Dawn Care Farm, where hens are cared for by people living with physical or intellectual disabilities.'

Any #SocialFarming enterprises including the activity of making planters out of old leaky wellies? If so, we have 30+ available.

Q: Do your participants turn up in the wrong footwear?
A: Request from us free posh 'seconds' wellies available for any #socialfarming enterprise in the South.

#SocialFarmingworks best when farms co-operate in their own regions.......now 50 farms are working together in 2 separate regions across the South.
#SouthEast #SouthCentral

Farms now provide a national service for those looking to increase #selfconfidence , build #socialskills & become #workready .
#SocialFarmingworks on 15 farms per county across the South of England from #Kent to #Cornwall .

Traditional #SocialFarm nr #Portsmouth #Chichester has #Dexter cows & heifers for sale, love to sell to another SF. Email us for contact details.

Yes #familyfarm #socialfarming #Spain
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Great to hear 'getting more people onto the farm is what drives direct sales' from an innovative community minded livestock #familyfarm .

New WhatsApp group for #SocialFarming enterprises in #Oxfordshire #Buckinghamshire & #Wiltshire , join now 10 already have in the first week!
#familyfarm #carefarm #greencare #nature

Visiting a traditional #familyfarm today for an update on progress, farm manager & volunteer showcasing the #SocialFarming potential of these holdings 👏.

Another #familyfarm gives us an update.....plans are in to convert building into an education & wellbeing centre. Exciting potential for family already with training & future beneficiaries 😁.

The #Familyfarm remains the biggest untapped potential for #SocialFarming .....yesterday one #organicdairy farmer said she finds it 'very rewarding personally' & visiting a start-up enterprise on a family #smallholding today.

A Q plse for #SocialFarming enterprises:
If you're taking referrals direct from GPs/health professional, do you see a pattern emerging of the type of GP patient that benefits most from visits eg Under 18 with anxiety/lack of confidence or adult with social withdrawal or other?