The article analyses the recent evolution of rural social co‐operation in Italy through study of
a representative sample of enterprises. The results of the research highlight the innovative …

The growing understanding of potential role of agricultural and rural resources to enhance
the social, physical, mental and economic well-being draw the attention of an increasing …

In the context of a special issue of the Journal of Rural Studies on more-than-economic
motivations for farmers' cooperation, this article aims to analyse the tensions and contending …

The potential of social farming has always been studied from a perspective in which the
combination of agricultural production with the provision of welfare services was the …

For the last ten years, Social farming (SF) has become an innovative practice able to
connect multifunctional agriculture and novel social services for urban and rural areas in …

This paper focuses on social farming, a new “branch” which includes activities that make use
of agricultural, rural and natural resources in order to produce food and social services. It …

In Italy, social farming (SF) did not develop homogeneously across the national territory. In
this context, actors with SF aspirations may benefit from knowledge of the factors that …

Social farming (SF) has emerged as a social innovation practice shaping heterogeneous
approaches and results. This study discusses the complexity of SF policy and practices, and …

Social cooperatives represent the most notable form of non‐profit organizations operating in
Italy in the social services field, the birth and development of which has been strongly linked …

Purpose: Through an analysis of a social farming (SF) case study, this article investigates
how collaboration and knowledge co-creation between different actors can support the …