The objective of this study was to investigate the current situations of farms in South Korea which provide care farming activities in order to develop and settle care farms. A questionnaire that includes 60 questions about resources, clients, management, background of establishment, budget, manpower, organization, etc. was developed by the researchers. The survey was conducted by email and phone interview in the period of July to August, 2016. Five farms were participated in this study. As the results, each farm had a different size of land, about 744 – 39,670 m2. The farms were classified by different types of farming activities such as cultivating horticultural crops or cultivating horticultural crops and raising animals. The background of farmers was health, special education, social welfare or professional farmer. The income sources were from care farming programs, educational program, and crop production. The participants in the care farm were children with or without disability, adolescents, adolescents with behavior problem, adults, adults with mental disability or developmental disability, mental illness, dementia, addict, etc. The major activities in care farms were plant cultivating, harvesting, garden maintenance, cooking by using harvest, crop processing, waling in the farm, caring for animals, dealing with farm work equipment, and farming activity with local residents, etc. The participation duration was 25% for one-day experience, less than two weeks in a week, and more than six months, respectively. To settle and develop care farming of South Korea, the concept, clients, operation, professional manpower, policy, support, etc. should be established.

Introduction
 Study Methodology
  Research method
  Data analysis
 Results and discussion
  Scale of care farms and major resources by type
  Background of care farmers and motivation
  Types and characteristics of participants
  Participating activities and operation types in care farms
  Income sources and support system of care farm
 Summary
 Reference

• Sun Jin Jeong(Agricultural Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration)
• Jan Hassink(Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands)
• Gyung Mee Gim(Agricultural Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration)
• Sin Ae Park(Department of Environmental Health Science, Sanghuh College of Life Science, Konkuk University, Horticultural Therapy, Graduate School of Agriculture and Animal Science, Konkuk University) Corresponding author
• Seon Ok Kim(Horticultural Therapy, Graduate School of Agriculture and Animal Science, Konkuk University)