Therapeutic farming small grants program

What is therapeutic farming?

Therapeutic farms, also known as care farms or social farms, are defined as a combined offering consisting of working farms with embedded agricultural practices (such as horticulture, livestock handling, forestry) alongside the provision of therapeutic mental health support. 

Therapeutic farms are one type of outdoor or green mental health care and are an emerging field of mental health care.

Purpose of the grants program

The Tasmanian Government’s current reform agendas aim to improve integration of the different services in the Tasmanian mental health system to better meet the needs of the population. 

The purpose of the Therapeutic Farming Small Grants Program (the Grants Program) is to strengthen and test the ability of therapeutic farming to be integrated into the Tasmanian mental health system. 

The Grants Program provided funding for activities that aim to strengthen the use of therapeutic farming in Tasmania.

Applications are now closed. 

The recipients of the grants are:

• Live Well Tasmania
• Northern Suburbs Community Centre
• The Hobart Clinic
• West Winds Community Centre

The projects are expected to finish in June 2025.

Contact us

If you have any questions, please email [email protected] or call 6166 6385.