{"id":10671,"date":"2025-12-30T13:03:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/?p=10671"},"modified":"2026-01-02T09:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:52:47","slug":"2025-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/2025-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating a Year of Connection: 2025 Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10671\" class=\"elementor elementor-10671\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76ec5c57 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"76ec5c57\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b96c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b96c44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the year comes to a close, we\u2019ve been reflecting on the privilege of walking alongside the\u00a0<strong>hundreds of care farms<\/strong>\u00a0in our network, each one cultivating belonging, health, and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Some of our favorite moments this year were\u00a0<strong>connecting in person,<\/strong>\u00a0from meeting many of you for the first time at the first-ever\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/u21152567.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=u001.Xbu8ysV5hnem935yF0OekUckcSvvrays62y44WwlZNtQjdYGUwOPHGnXWUsTfJlINE3QWi7jzzzQ0y2YnZvar0uRCrZD46IvsujIuckGVK9B11eyiSsGGXSI2NnfBs-2FuQvGhwXN7IpVq4WiN2zPYlQ-3D-3Dq0vK_emJHIhuH6pkYvFpVvV8x9dgCBU-2Fts-2FRoj-2B3aSHi9rG-2BW7CMuAGP9odqHkwVDICbcneMkSpBW-2FyfUsPorbeMFDyJgG1LixpukSbDWcUaASH9xOzzR-2BGKWT12Am7ORWET3tcm4hpIQEfCoJWVvksYni5Uv1u1qdGneuIEBTwdyted8uwEvcmWNhCkITXD7q2V-2FlF4fFvGT-2F-2F5QRWVfSmS4t1bBoWXiMYkFBm642CuR0o7Fk1g14yzDfcsnd-2FsieggH7Lp-2B7-2Fuu-2BGisNUuUlFbdVho-2FVIbSeb4USahmHBbHma-2BvFejYq7lqAQbBgMZCX1GDDgKo9CM8CXrYhv8imy4cRQ-3D-3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/u21152567.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn%3Du001.Xbu8ysV5hnem935yF0OekUckcSvvrays62y44WwlZNtQjdYGUwOPHGnXWUsTfJlINE3QWi7jzzzQ0y2YnZvar0uRCrZD46IvsujIuckGVK9B11eyiSsGGXSI2NnfBs-2FuQvGhwXN7IpVq4WiN2zPYlQ-3D-3Dq0vK_emJHIhuH6pkYvFpVvV8x9dgCBU-2Fts-2FRoj-2B3aSHi9rG-2BW7CMuAGP9odqHkwVDICbcneMkSpBW-2FyfUsPorbeMFDyJgG1LixpukSbDWcUaASH9xOzzR-2BGKWT12Am7ORWET3tcm4hpIQEfCoJWVvksYni5Uv1u1qdGneuIEBTwdyted8uwEvcmWNhCkITXD7q2V-2FlF4fFvGT-2F-2F5QRWVfSmS4t1bBoWXiMYkFBm642CuR0o7Fk1g14yzDfcsnd-2FsieggH7Lp-2B7-2Fuu-2BGisNUuUlFbdVho-2FVIbSeb4USahmHBbHma-2BvFejYq7lqAQbBgMZCX1GDDgKo9CM8CXrYhv8imy4cRQ-3D-3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1767204342772000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2kh73fOOzpsP2eghlK2Gco\">Care Farming Network Conference<\/a>\u00a0in Amherst, to gathering for farm tours in North Carolina, Texas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New York, and Minnesota. We also celebrated our first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/u21152567.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=u001.Xbu8ysV5hnem935yF0OekUckcSvvrays62y44WwlZNtQjdYGUwOPHGnXWUsTfJlINE3QWi7jzzzQ0y2YnZvar0uRCrZD46IvsujIuckGVK9n9CFb7Psi6EXQrgjTSuxO8vhseA18mEY5cnv8Q18oAw-3D-3D6Qm5_emJHIhuH6pkYvFpVvV8x9dgCBU-2Fts-2FRoj-2B3aSHi9rG-2BW7CMuAGP9odqHkwVDICbcneMkSpBW-2FyfUsPorbeMFDyJgG1LixpukSbDWcUaASH9xOzzR-2BGKWT12Am7ORWET3tcm4hpIQEfCoJWVvksYni5Uv1u1qdGneuIEBTwdyted8uwEvcmWNhCkITXD7q2V-2FlF4fFvGT-2F-2F5QRWVfSmS4t-2BMIMpznhJkTFgs6M2Y1zMJ7s9lKae3LAC-2BuXTHWfdrBD5Kp5oqKLEM-2FzWXqBD9lQFT33TcxcG2gSnWwfqVOQ6olZLRwBmQD46F9-2BRdophQog7vGbFp2akbkvVWcBjcFdQ-3D-3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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Network<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f67993 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f67993\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you a very Happy Holidays and New Year. We look forward to connecting with you in 2026!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86097d5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86097d5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 As the year comes to a close, we\u2019ve been reflecting on the privilege of walking alongside the\u00a0hundreds of care farms\u00a0in our network, each one cultivating belonging, health, and well-being. 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