Working with land and animals is proven to be therapeutic, particularly for those with additional support needs, mental or physical disability or those in recovery. Social farming, in the context of this project Social Crofting, promotes green care in some of the most remote and rural areas of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The Gaining Ground project focuses on crofters and smallholders who currently provide such services; and looks, in detail, at their voluntary or business models in terms of diversification. Social Crofting is proposed as a small-scale agricultural production diversification model for social and community development.

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