SAC Rural Policy Centre

This report relates the findings of recent desk research into the current extent of care farming in Scotland. It provides an appraisal of current care farming activity in Scotland, as well as of the literature relating to current practice and approaches.

Care farming can be defined as the use of commercial farms and agricultural landscapes as a base for promoting mental and physical health, through normal farming activity. This research found evidence that care farming shows physical, mental and social benefits, while evidence from the Netherlands suggests that care farming can provide economic benefits. The research also found that funding is the biggest challenge facing the existence and spread of care farming in the UK with much care farming activity being provided voluntarily.

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