Food from the Forest is an ANBI‑recognized association that offers a centralized platform for food‑forest enthusiasts, providing modular year‑long training courses, practical tools such as budgeting calculators and adaptive plant‑list recipes, and a monitoring system for project tracking. It also runs a podcast and an online community to share knowledge and facilitate collaboration among individuals, landowners, and community groups aiming to design, implement, and sustain regenerative food forests.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Individuals and communities interested in regenerative agriculture often lack coordinated access to comprehensive education, tools, and a supportive network for establishing and managing food forests. This fragmentation hampers the scaling of food forest projects and limits knowledge sharing among practitioners.
Solution
Food from the Forest is an ANBI‑recognized association that provides a centralized platform for food forest enthusiasts. It offers modular year‑long training courses taught by expert practitioners, combining live field trips, digital lessons, and recorded content to accommodate various learning styles. The platform also supplies practical tools such as a budgeting calculator, a monitoring system, and customizable plant‑list recipes that adapt to local soil and water conditions. A podcast and an online community further disseminate knowledge and foster peer interaction. By integrating education, tooling, and networking, the association enables members to design, implement, and sustain productive food forests.
Target Audience
Primary audiences are individuals, landowners, and community groups in the Netherlands and abroad who want to create or improve food forests, as well as professionals seeking formal training and practical tools for regenerative land management.
Features
- Modular year‑long training program with basic, design, and planning modules, including 19 teaching days across multiple food forest sites
- Access to a budgeting tool that helps participants estimate costs based on site‑specific parameters
- Interactive plant‑list recipes that adjust recommendations according to soil type and groundwater level
- Food forest monitoring tool developed with research partners for tracking growth and yields
- Podcast series covering theory, practice, and ecological health of food forests
- Online community platform for members to share experiences, resources, and collaborate on projects