Vision and Mission

TREES believes in a world where farmers leave a legacy of opportunity through sustainable land practices. They are witnessing farmers reclaiming their agency, breaking the cycles of climate change and generational poverty, and rebuilding our food systems from the ground up. TREES' mission is to improve livelihoods of impoverished farmers by revitalizing degraded lands.

Planting trees, changing lives

Around the world, modern and industrialized farming practices are destroying the environment—and, at the same time, failing to provide reliable income and nourishment for the farmers we all depend on to survive. Trees for the Future (TREES), recognizes that unsustainable land use is the root cause of our most pressing challenges. TREES confronts these challenges by serving the people at the heart of our global food systems: farmers and their families.

As a global leader in agroforestry training for over 30 years, TREES provides hands-on, immersive education, skill building, and support, encouraging farmers to work with nature, not against it. TREES' signature methodology, the Forest Garden Approach, helps farmers transform their land with thousands of fast-growing, ecologically appropriate trees and dozens of other crops, creating new possibilities for themselves and their communities. By embracing sustainable land practices, farmers are reclaiming their agency, breaking the cycles of climate change and generational poverty, and rebuilding our food systems from the ground up.

Impact

$50,000 will sustain a project with 350+ farmers who are ready to transform their lives and land through the Forest Garden Approach - each farmer planting thousands of trees through our four year training program alongside many nutritious crops to help sustain their families and restore the environment.