Conference 2 Slide Presentations
1. Conference Introduction – Jim Kinsella
2. Personal Experience and Journey of a Social Farming Participant – Shane Loughlin
3. Comments on SoFAB Project, Department of Agriculture & Rural Development, NI – David Small, Deputy Secretary, Service Delivery Group, DARD NI.
4. Comments on SoFAB Project, Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, RoI – Anne Derwin, Chief Economist Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine RoI
6. Comments on SoFAB Project, Special EU Programmes Body – Lorraine McCourt, Director Joint Technical Secretariat
7. Experience and lessons from SoFAB – Aoibeann Walsh, SoFAB Project Development Worker/ Researcher
8. Costs of Service Delivery – Jim Kinsella, SoFAB Project Manager
9. A health service perspective – Iolo Eilian (NI HSC Board) & Neil Magowan (DHSSPS NI)
10. A farmer’s perspective – Marie & Paul Kelly (SoFAB Pilot Farmers)
11. Participant perspective – John Murphy (Moeran’s Farm Farrenconnell, Co Cavan)
12. A view from Europe – Francesco Di Iacovo, University of Pisa, Italy
13. Making Social Farming Happen – Brian Smyth (LDCo)
14. Break out groups to identify ways of making social farming happen in the future (report will be available shortly).
15. Closing Remarks – Jim Kinsella and Paul Kelly
