The strength of the food forest movement is that it comes from the people. All kinds of people who care about nature, biodiversity, or the health of our food and don't want to talk about it but want to do something about it. These can be farmers, estate owners, or individuals, as well as community food forest managers or farmers working on leased land. Or people who don't even have a food forest but are active in one of our provincial or other working groups. The forms in which people are active are as rich as reality, but the intention is surprisingly unambiguous: we're not endless meetings, we're rolling up our sleeves to simply make that biodiverse food nature a reality! We plant trees, we help each other, we learn and share recipes, and we meet and learn from each other. And that's why we chose the association form. It does most justice to the reality in super-motivated food forest land.

So it is a form in which you can join right away. you can become a member of the association Food from the Forest in two ways. The basic membership gives you access to our member meetings, all the knowledge on the platform and discounts on our courses. With the professional membership you can also contribute to the realization of the big goal: to have 175.000 hectares of food forest and agroforestry in the Netherlands by 2050!

Food from the Forest an association with ANBI status since October 2023. This means that we are led by an unpaid board consisting of four people. This board is supported by a team of seven people, supplemented by our permanent developer and designer. Marieke, Frank Gorter, and Anje form the management team, Simon, Pauline, Frank Tibben, and Joep are constantly working to improve our online functionality, and the ladies of the food platform are our voice, eyes, and ears on social media. On top of that, there are the volunteer activities.  Active provincial groups are emerging in more and more provinces, sharing knowledge and visiting each other's food forests. In addition, more and more interesting working groups are being formed. There is now one for fundraising, one for harvesting, marketing, and processing, and one for education.

If you are interested in joining a county group, please check the county page. If you are interested in any of the other groups, please contact the team.

An increasing number of organizations want to contribute, or have been created to advance the regenerative movement. These organizations often find it difficult to work with partners that are too small. Because we are an association, this can help generate scale for smaller food forest owners, for example, as well. This way they too can benefit from the offer of such a partnership.
With most of our partners we have already done several projects and there is a long-term cooperation.

• Policy plan (PDF)
• Deed of incorporation/statutes (PDF)
• Minutes of the General Meeting of Members on February 26, 2026 (PDF)
• Video recordings of the 2026 General Meeting (YouTube)
• Presentation AGM 2026 (including annual figures for 2025)
• Minutes of ALV on March 13, 2025 (PDF)
• Video recordings of the General Meeting of Members on March 13, 2025
• Financial Statements 2024

More minutes and documents can be found on our ANBI page.