Special Guest Maarten Fischer Shares His International Care Farming Knowledge

Maarten Fischer was the guest presenter at CFN’s November 2023 Monthly Member Gathering. Maarten is the director of the National Federation of Dutch Care Farms which provides advocacy, a national quality standard, support innovation, and an academy for the more than 950 Care farms in their membership. Internationally recognized as a leader in the Care Farming movement, he shared his history of working in the Care Farming movement in Europe and the United States and answered questions from members.

Resources Shared by Maarten Fischer:

• Effects of Care Farms: Scientific Research on Care Farms
• Handbook of Agriculture and Care
• The Quality Framework for Care Farming