On request of the Dutch Taskforce for Multifunctional Agriculture, Marjolein Elings from the Wageningen University and Research centre compiled a booklet last year with information on the Effects of Care Farming. The publication holds a lot of interesting information from scientific research, on the actual effects that different types of farming activities have on the health and wellbeing of different target groups.
Since we believe the information will be relevant for a lot of people outside The Netherlands, we’re currently translating the publication to English. We in this case being the Dutch organisation ETC Adviesgroep / Boerenverstand. Marjolein Elings is preparing a preface to introduce English readers the specifics of the Dutch context of care farming within which the publication was compiled.
We’re planning on having the translation available at the international conference on multifunctional agriculture (see link, 1-4 April 2012). It will also be available for free per PDF from various website. Contact Marjolein Elings or Dorine Ruter for more information.
Where do I can get the PDF download link?
Posted by Motomoi - Talks the health matters | January 15, 2012, 5:11 amThe translation is a work in progress now. We’ll post the link here when it’s finished, around end of March. To take a look, or have a quick browse with a translation tool, you can find the original Dutch publication here: http://www.multifunctionelelandbouw.nl/download.php?file_id=2104.
Posted by dorineruter | January 15, 2012, 12:26 pmHi Dorine,
may we put it at http://www.soziale-landwirtschaft.de/index.php/publikationenundmaterialien/fachzeitschriften as a download then?
Best regards
Thomas
Posted by Thomas van Elsen | February 9, 2012, 4:31 pmDear Thomas, yes sure you may! I hear people from Portugal intended to make a translation too, based on the English booklet we are making now. If you (or others reading this message) would like to translate, please contact Marjolein Elings, the author of the original brochure.
Posted by dorineruter | February 9, 2012, 7:32 pm