Understanding the emerging phenomenon of food forestry in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, food forests have been appear­ing by the dozens since 2017, resulting in calls by Dutch national and local governments, as well as civil society organizations, for evidence of their parameters and profitability. This paper focuses on the former, mapping and analyzing food forestry (FF) in the Netherlands by drawing on assemblage theory. A survey, and unstructured interviews with five FF experts from the field, resulted in descrip­tive FF data as well as a map of 231 food forests. The main conclusion from the survey data from 109 participants is that food forests are incredi... Mehr ...