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25 July 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister Creed announces additional support with funding of €350,000 at the launch of Ireland’s Social Farming Network – ’Ní neart go cur le…

Darragh Quinlan was happily talking to one of the many visitors who recently travelled to Ballinamona Farm, run by Bill Spencer and Renata Anukaite, about the benefits of the Social Farming Ireland (SFI) programme he had just completed. I happened to be within earshot as Darragh spoke about how much…

Social Farming is the practice of offering activity on farms as a form of a social support service, providing social, educational, therapeutic and rehabilitative opportunities for a wide range of people who need support to contribute to the positive social fabric required for society t…

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A YOUNG Abbeyfeale man took centre stage at a recent national conference in Dublin and told the audience how his experience of social farming had helped change his life. For Patrick O’Brien, the very experience of speaking before a large audience was in itself a new and challenging one. But, a...

‘Social farming’ has many benefits for people with mental-health issues or an intellectual disability