€820,000 fund for tourism and social farming projects

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced funding of €370,000 for at least three social farming model projects which can demonstrate a national benefit, and €450,000 for at least nine projects supporting agri-food tourism initiatives (which may also include rural markets).

Social farming is defined by the department as the practice of offering, on a voluntary basis, farming and horticultural participation in a farming environment as a choice to people who avail of a range of therapeutic day support services.