Social farming and “inclusiveness”-related terminology have become more and more often encountered in literature, across domains, as a result of widespread efforts towards sustainable societies in the future. A case in point is also the vocabulary around social farming education, which upholds the therapeutic effect of farms, gardens, and rural access in a more socially inclusive manner. Social farming is a valuable novelty in Romania because it allows groups of disabled people to access policy and program alternatives to improve their situation; it maximizes clients’ efforts in exploring options and choices, in becoming more effective in their relationships with agencies, bureaucrats, and professionals involved in this type of farming. The study analyzes the corpus of linguistic items used in this domain and other terms related to quality of life. This study aims at defining and describing social farming, and at identifying its goals, its beneficiaries at both social and individual levels, the types of mental disabilities targeted, and the types of therapies involved. The research method used is the bibliographic one. The authors hope this study will motivate decision-makers to implement the principles of social farming in Romania as they have already done in other sectors (industry and services) of the economy.

inclusiveness, social farming, social farm, mental disability, terminology

agronomy

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