[Scpg] Farm Therapy an extra source of income for local farmers?

[LBUZZELL at aol.com]

Some of our local farms may be interested in adding Farm Therapy to their  
other income streams like farm stays and weddings/events.
 
Farming for Health, a group in the Netherlands, only has a few U.S. members 
 so far and is interested in expanding their reach to include Americans who 
are  interested in what they call "Care Farming." (farm ecotherapy)  There 
is an  essay in our book (Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind) by 
Shepherd Bliss,  who is doing farm therapy (he calls it "agrotherapy") with 
returning Iraq vets  and others suffering from trauma.  There is now good research 
showing that  farm therapy is an effective treatment method.
 
_www.farmingforhealth.org_ (http://www.farmingforhealth.org/) 
 
Linda

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