Cultivate has a place for everyone.
Our Approach
At Cultivate Care Farms, Farm-Based Therapy is used as a model for engaging clients in a partnership with their clinicians. Therapy sessions involve activities that promote health and wellness for the client, the animals, and the farm. In Farm-Based Therapy, the client is in an authentic position to solve problems, demonstrate empathy, and develop strengths. Through physical work and connection with the animals, clients gain insight into their own abilities for positive change within themselves and in relationships with others.
Farm-Based Therapy is “hands-on” for all clients – no experience necessary! Clients are making, building, fixing, and caring for over 60 livestock animals at our farm. Unlike Animal-Assisted Therapy, Farm-Based Therapy is focused on maintaining a sustainable environment through the use of the land and animals.
This can include: growing and harvesting grain to feed the animals; shearing and knitting the fleece of an alpaca to make a stocking cap; or growing herbs and milking the cow in order to make lavender soap.
The farm is a space where each person contributes and has a purpose. Clients are better able to work through mental health challenges after demonstrating their own resilience, creativity, and perseverance on a weekly basis.
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Therapy
Our clinicians work directly with individuals for outpatient therapy on our farm.
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Community Events
Our team at Cultivate Care Farms hosts events throughout the year. From yarn sales to family goat yoga, all of our events center around community wellness.