{"id":888,"date":"2026-09-05T11:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/dartmoor-farm-initiative-connects-youth-with-nature\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:04:17","slug":"dartmoor-farm-initiative-connects-youth-with-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/dartmoor-farm-initiative-connects-youth-with-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Dartmoor Farm Initiative Connects Youth with Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A project at Shallowford Farm in the center of Dartmoor is working to broaden access to rural life through hands-on gardening. Charles Staniland, a retired horticulturalist who began his interest in the outdoors as a child, now volunteers at the site to instruct young people in agricultural practices.<\/p>\n<p>Staniland emphasized the importance of demonstrating that food requires physical labor and is not merely something that appears on a plate. He noted that his goal is for participants to feel they can actively contribute to the process of growing their own sustenance.<\/p>\n<p>According to Staniland, the initiative aims to spark a new appreciation for the natural world among younger generations. He described the experience as a vital transition for individuals moving away from concrete-heavy settings, calling it an excellent introductory step toward a greener lifestyle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shallowford Farm on Dartmoor is using horticulture to help young people disconnect from urban environments and appreciate sustainable food sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[548,1978,69,1979,162,1910],"class_list":["post-888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","tag-climate","tag-dartmoor","tag-education","tag-horticulture","tag-science","tag-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}