Dear Hajnalka
I appreciate this very important initiative. Social Farming/Green Care encounters growing support in not a few European countries. For instance in Austria it became a key issue for policy makers and different interest groups after a cross-country study conducted in Austria and Italy (BABF Vienna, Eurac Bolzano) which was largely built on the conceptual background developed in COST Action 866. Now, we can envisage strong dynamics, the number of care farms is growing steadily, the fields of work are becoming more heterogeneous and there are even more options for financial support.
Best regards
Georg
Dr. Georg Wiesinger
Bundesanstalt für Bergbauernfragen (BABF)
Federal Institute for Mountainous and Less-Favoured Areas
Rural Sociology
Marxerg. 2/M
A-1030 Wien (Vienna)
Austria
Tel. +431.504886920
FAX +431.504886939
Georg Wiesinger