What is a care farm?

We recently joined the Care Farming Network which is a nonprofit group that serves to connect like minded farmers (around the world) doing the work of care farming. The Network has already been a fantastic resource as we are working to build something that is completely new to us, and our state!

So…what is “care farming”? This term describes farms that work to provide care in some way or another through therapeutic farming. This way of farming promotes three basic needs in the lives of people including health, well-being and belonging. Care farms are individually established farms around the world that look different and even serve different populations. Care farms might be like us and serve a population with developmental and intellectual disabilities, or a different population such as the elderly, veterans, people struggling with mental health or substance use.

Care farms are as varied as the populations they serve. The Specialty Crop is proud to be the first care farm in South Dakota. We are honored to serve people in the DD/ID population through therapeutic farming.

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