Almost 7,000 social farming days in 2022

Social farming settings range from working family farms and local community initiatives to more institutional frameworks.

Social farming is the practice of offering activity on family farms as a form of social care support. Picture: Social Farming Ireland

Some 6,867 placement days were delivered countrywide last year in the social farming network, the Dail heard this week.

Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue said the network has around 150 registered social farms to deliver support to people.