Social farming in the Netherlands

For my graduation I stay in the Netherlands. I will be working on Social Farming (production farm with caretaking and work provision for elderly people, people with physical or other illnesses, ex- drugusers, ex-inmates, and other people you can think of that can use some care in a stress free environment).

The aim is to get a good overview of all the farms, types of farms and participants there are in the Netherlands. Further, I'm also curious if a social care taking system like this, does excist in the rest of europe or even the rest of the world.

A friend of mine told me that, in the US, they are busy setting up social farms for ex millitaries, so they don't have to get back into everydays life straight away. They then get a chance to recover from what they have been through in a less stressful place. This is just another example of who these farms can be for.

So I guess I will be busy for a while. Life will not be as exciting as it was during my time in India I think, but this time again there will be a lot to do.