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Senegalese farmer Saliou Seck joined Trees for the Future’s Forest Garden Program four years ago. At the time, he was growing just two crops. “I only knew how to grow millet and peanuts,” he recalls. Focusing production on one grain or cash crop is all too common in modern agriculture. But as farmers like Saliou can attest, the … Continued
225 MILLION TREES PLANTED WITHIN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS Trees for the Future on Track to Plant One Billion Trees with Farmers by 2030 SILVER SPRING, MD (October 12, 2021) – Trees for the Future (TREES) announces 225 million trees planted and more than 300,000 people positively impacted in a report released Tuesday. The report, informed by 443 million data points over the … Continued
HISTORIC NFT DONATION TO PLANT 837,000+ TREES WoodiesNFT Donates $217,000 Worth of ETH to Trees for the Future SILVER SPRING, MD (September 29, 2021) – Regenerative agroforestry nonprofit Trees for the Future (TREES) received a historic non-fungible token (NFT) donation from an artist collective, the UltraDAO, totaling 73.824 ETH (Ethereum) or $217,000 (USD). The donation is one … Continued
When Sharon Obote joined Trees for the Future (TREES) in July 2019, she became the first woman to join TREES’ Uganda staff. Since she joined the team more than two years ago, she has become the Assistant Technician for the Plant it Forward Project in Kole, Uganda and has watched her team grow to an even makeup of men and … Continued
Waneloba Loy is a nursery school teacher in Mount Elgon, Uganda. When schools closed in early 2020 because of COVID-19, the 64-year-old was out of work. At the same time, she was adjusting to life without her husband, he died from a chronic illness shortly before the pandemic. “The first half of last year was very tough for me … Continued
Paul Mwaniki Kihara first started planting trees in 2008 in his spare time. Driven by his love of nature, he would distribute seeds and seedlings to his community. Today, Paul is the Kenya Plant it Forward Coordinator at TREES. He helps graduated Forest Garden farmers pass their skills on to other farmers in the region. “I have seen transformation in farmers’ lives,” Paul says … Continued
30-year-old Mor Niang joined Trees for the Future’s Forest Garden program in February 2020. He remembers being unsure about the project at first. “I was not really that enthusiastic because most of the projects in our area are not profitable for the population,” he says. But he signed up after speaking with local TREES staff about the project and says … Continued
Trees for the Future Pledges One Billion Trees by 2030 Sustainable Agroforestry Nonprofit Celebrates 32 Years, Looks to Next Decade SILVER SPRING, MD (August 17, 2021) – Agroforestry education nonprofit Trees for the Future (TREES) celebrates 32 years of impact this week. The veteran agroforestry organization has planted more than 220 million trees and is working to reach one billion trees with smallholder farmers … Continued
In Mali, 80% of the population relies on agriculture to make a living. Already a hot, dry region of the world, extreme weather patterns brought on by climate change make growing typical crops like sorghum and millet increasingly more difficult. That’s why one group of farmers is turning to regenerative agriculture and agroforestry practices. “I am preparing to make a big plantation of fruit … Continued
Trees for the Future (TREES) is planting 13 million trees in the Great Green Wall in 2021. One million of those trees are being planted in Forest Gardens and community forests in Chad. The regenerative agroforestry nonprofit began working in the north-central African nation in the beginning of 2021 through a partnership with Futures Agribusiness (FAGRIB) and funded by the Arbor Day Foundation. TREES trains farmers … Continued