Farming for life quality and sustainability: A literature review of green care research trends in Europe

M Garcia-Llorente, R Rubio-Olivar… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Green care is an innovative approach that combines simultaneously caring for people and
caring for land through three elements that have not been previously connected:(1) …

Care farming for people with dementia; what can healthcare leaders learn from this innovative care concept?

SR De Bruin, I Pedersen, S Eriksen… - Journal of Healthcare …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
There is growing recognition that traditional dementia care models fall short for people with
dementia and their family caregivers. This has led to a call for new dementia care …

Therapeutic landscapes and non-human animals: the roles and contested positions of animals within care farming assemblages

R Gorman - Social & Cultural Geography, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of therapeutic landscapes has been used as a way to critically understand how
health and well-being are related to place. However, traditional discourses on therapeutic …

Social farming in Catalonia: Rural local development, employment opportunities and empowerment for people at risk of social exclusion

C Guirado, N Valldeperas, AF Tulla, L Sendra… - Journal of Rural …, 2017 - Elsevier
Social Farming (SF) engages groups at risk of social exclusion in agricultural activities with
the aim of including them in society, providing them with job opportunities, and empowering …

Agriculture–Who cares? An investigation of 'care farming'in the UK

C Leck, N Evans, D Upton - Journal of Rural Studies, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract 'Care farming'(variously 'green care in agriculture','farming for health','social
farming'and 'therapeutic agriculture') in the UK has grown rapidly over the last five years …

Enriching the multi-level perspective by better understanding agency and challenges associated with interactions across system boundaries. The case of care farming …

J Hassink, J Grin, W Hulsink - Journal of Rural Studies, 2018 - Elsevier
The multi-level perspective (MLP) is broadly and successfully used as a framework for
understanding transitions. However several aspects need more attention like agency …

Entrepreneurship in agriculture and healthcare: Different entry strategies of care farmers

J Hassink, W Hulsink, J Grin - Journal of rural studies, 2016 - Elsevier
Care farming provides an interesting context of multifunctional agriculture where farmers
face the challenge of having to bridge the gap between agriculture and healthcare and …

Multifunctional Agriculture Meets Health Care: Applying the Multi‐Level Transition Sciences Perspective to Care Farming in the N etherlands

J Hassink, J Grin, W Hulsink - Sociologia Ruralis, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Care farming is a promising example of multifunctional agriculture: it is an innovation at the
crossroads of the agricultural and healthcare sectors. Our objective is to develop a …

Exploring the role of farm animals in providing care at care farms

J Hassink, SR De Bruin, B Berget, M Elings - Animals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This paper provides insight into the role of farm animals in farm-based
programs and their importance to different types of participants. Farm animals provide real …

Responsibilising the Fairtrade Premium: Imagining better decision-making

AM Loconto, N Arnold, L Silva-Castañeda… - Journal of Rural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fairtrade International (FTI) sets forth in its theory of change a food future that consists of fair
trade, small farmer and farm worker empowerment and sustainable livelihoods for producers …