{"id":7153,"date":"2025-02-10T17:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=7153"},"modified":"2025-02-10T17:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:10:16","slug":"managing-conflict-and-emotions-on-the-farm-practical-strategies-for-de-escalation-co-regulation","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/resource\/managing-conflict-and-emotions-on-the-farm-practical-strategies-for-de-escalation-co-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Conflict and Emotions on the Farm: Practical Strategies for De-escalation + Co-Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Conflict and difficult emotions are part of life, no matter how much we try to avoid them. Whether it\u2019s a friend, family member, colleague, or participant in your farm programs, there will be moments of frustration or anger that need to be addressed. In farm environments, these challenges may arise with employees, volunteers, or program participants. At the 2025 Care Farming Network National Conference, a panelists from care farms shared practical, easy-to-remember techniques to de-escalate emotionally charged situations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presenters:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nataline Dunn of ServiceNet\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.servicenet.org\/services\/vocational-services\/prospect-meadow-farm\/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA5Ka9BhB5EiwA1ZVtvIV-teOe2KOS9GmjZ9ChAyp7O9wyOOXvm4fdZ_HWuz7CdzLYOD10QxoCWm0QAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prospect Meadow Farm<\/a> (MA)<\/strong>  View Presentation <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1gKIff5BCrMbu8e4TqIfh82oEHr_sFwv9YFu_Au_221k\/edit?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jamie Sumague of <a href=\"https:\/\/talmar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TALMAR<\/a> (MD)<\/strong>  View Presentation <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1zaLwziCYmIxwuA09a_-1ZFQGg-IBoRZW\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=114284252734879987388&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jamie Tanner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplesparrow.farm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simple Sparrow Care Farm<\/a> (TX)<\/strong>  View Presentation <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/13tcGgZE6vnz2cw6hZDH9vT-ORVs6to0shaVNmyfYYt8\/edit?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7154,"template":"","tags":[211,34,93,239],"topic":[196],"class_list":["post-7153","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2025-conference","tag-service-nets-prospect-meadow-farm","tag-simple-sparrow-care-farm","tag-talmar","topic-organizational-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Managing Conflict and Emotions on the Farm: Practical Strategies for De-escalation + Co-Regulation - Care Farming Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/resource\/managing-conflict-and-emotions-on-the-farm-practical-strategies-for-de-escalation-co-regulation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Managing Conflict and Emotions on the Farm: Practical Strategies for De-escalation + Co-Regulation - Care Farming Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Conflict and difficult emotions are part of life, no matter how much we try to avoid them. 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