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| Neuberger, Konrad; Stephan, Ingrid; Hermanowski, Robert; Flake, Albrecht; Post, Franz-Joseph; van Elsen, Thomas. |
| Until now, the term ‘Farming for Health’ is unknown in Germany but it would cover a wide spectrum of different kinds of social agriculture already existing in Germany, such as farms that integrate disabled people or drug therapy into their farming system, or farms that integrate children, pupils or older people. Relevant work in Germany is done in ‘Sheltered Workshops’, where supporting and healing powers of farming and gardening are used for disabled people with a diversity of work possibilities. Relevant activities also take place in work-therapy departments using horticultural therapy and in animalassisted therapy. There are an estimated number of 1000 different projects for mentally ill, disabled and elderly people in hospitals, Sheltered Workshops, on... |
| Tipo: Book chapter |
Palavras-chave: Landscape and recreation; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Social aspects. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/8610/1/neuberger%2Detal%2D2006%2Dfarming%2Dfor%2Dhealth.pdf |
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