Social farming between new and old social work practices, theoretical perspectives, and policy innovations
Welfare e Ergonomia Issue 1/2025
edited by Angela Genova and Tiziana Tarsia
“Social farming between new and old social work practices, theoretical perspectives, and policy innovations,” edited by Angela Genova and Tiziana Tarsia, provides an opportunity to reflect on social farming practices 10 years after its legal recognition and regulatory codification in Italy through Law 141 of 2015, “Provisions regarding social farming.”
The contributions in Issue 1/2025 of Welfare e Ergonomia offer useful perspectives for examining the roles and functions of social farming in Italy, highlighting the tensions between different models and the need to create synergies for local development. They emphasize the importance of evaluating activities and recognizing them as therapeutic-rehabilitative tools. Finally, they highlight the regenerative value of social farming for communities and its contribution to improving living conditions within territories.
How to cite
Angela Genova and Tiziana Tarsia (Eds.), Social farming between new and old social work practices, theoretical perspectives, and policy innovations, Welfare e Ergonomia, 2025, 1, ISSN 2421-3691, ISSNe 2531-9817, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3280/WE2025-001009
LONG ABSTRACT
- The Profile of Agricultural Holdings Providing Social Farming Services in Italy, R. Gismondi, S. Senni
- Mental well-being in the agricultural sector and rural areas: the possible role of social agriculture, P. Borsotto, F. Giarè, F. Basset
- Social Agriculture and Social Work: An Analysis of the Relationship between Past and Present, C. Mozzone
- Eco-social work in action: the contribution of social farming for sustainable development, M. C. Pedroni, L. Pavani, R. Bavastro
- Multifunctionality as territorial construction: tensions and contradictions between the institutionalization and the practice of Social Farming in South Tyrol, F. Viganò, F. Uleri, A. Piccoli, S. Elsen
- Rural Tourism and Social Farming: An Exploration of Possible Synergies, M. Busacca, O. Tzatzadaki
- SOIA, an innovative instrument to evaluate social and work-related inclusion in social farming, N. Francia, M. Borgi, A. Venerosi Pesciolini, F. Chiarotti, F. Cirulli
- Evaluative research paths in social farming: socio-occupational inclusion in the field of autism, C. Moretti, G. De Angelis, V. Artoni, P. Riolo, D. Gambelli, M. C. Battistelli, E. Latini, E. Bianchini
- Between mirror games and ladybugs in progress: Viticulture as a care practice at the intersection of mental health, territory and community, E. Rossero, A. Barbieri
- Active Aging and Social Farming Practices: Animal-Assisted Interventions for Elderly People in Assisted Living Facilities, F. Di Iacovo, R. Moruzzo, L. Catena, G. Granai
- Community-based territorial regeneration and social agriculture: the experiences of social gardens, S. Polidori, A. Cornice, A. Innamorati
- Rural gardens as experiences of widespread social farming: the case of Polesine, L. de Angeli, S. Montibeller, G. Osti, M. Zamperetti
- Cultivating Rights. Farmers in Burkina Faso, Italy and Senegal, M. Morello
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