Landschaftsseminare in der Sozialen Landwirtschaft - Neue Impulse zur Kulturlandschaftsentwicklung durch Ökolandbau

Summary

Social farming adopts a multifunctional view of agriculture: the main products, in
addition to saleable produce, are health and employment, education or therapy. Social
farming includes agricultural enterprises and market gardens integrating people with
physical, mental or emotional disabilities; farms which offer openings for the socially
disadvantaged, for young offenders or those with learning difficulties, people with drug
dependencies, the long-term unemployed and active senior citizens; school and
kindergarten farms and many more. Prevention of illness, inclusion and a better
quality of life are features and aims of social agriculture. Landscape seminars were
carried out on social farms in order to elaborate aspects for landscape development
and nature protection on farm level in a participatory way. Because of additional
manpower such farms offer special opportunities for landscape care through many
helping hands, but support and advice are needed. Landscape seminars appear to be
a method to strengthen intrinsic motivation of people involved to improve their
landscape and biotopes.