Your October Impact Update

Trees for the Future  October Forest Garden Impact Update Jon, this month our Impact Update highlights our latest Impact Report. We are thrilled to share the important work you've made possible. Our 30th Anniversary Special Edition Impact Report provides a look back at our history, where we are now, where we are going, and a thorough review of our impact this past year.

2019 Impact Report

What's Inside

A Closer Look

A primary element of the Forest Garden’s design is nutrition. On average, farmers plant 37 vegetable species, 13 shrub and vine species, 14 fruit and nut tree species, and 21 agroforestry species across all of our projects each year. The variety of trees and plants grown depend on the region, agro-climatic zones, soils and the farmer’s field plan. We work closely with farmers to optimize the space of their fields and the growing potential of their land. With optimized lands, farmers can plant more of what they need and what their land needs to regenerate.

Micronutrients, Macro Impacts We teach families how to grow the diverse, micronutrient-rich crops needed to live healthy and productive lives. By creating a Forest Garden focusing on nutritional crops and trees, farmers are able to get key vitamins, calcium, iron, protein, and more. Eating from a Forest Garden is not eating to simply survive but to thrive.

Carbon Sequestration is the removal and storage of carbon from the atmosphere by trees and shrubs. As a Forest Garden matures, its ability to store carbon increases. Therefore, a project site will only have met a fraction of its carbon storage potential at the end of year one. So, it is important to calculate the growth and storage of carbon over time to accurately depict the carbon sequestration rate of TREES' Forest Gardens. This measurement includes tree carbon, below-ground root carbon and the potential soil carbon, done through restoring degraded soils.

TREES improves economic resilience by enabling farmers to increase the number of products grown for market and decrease their own spending on food. By “diversifying their portfolios,” their families can better cope with unexpected stressors, have better outlooks on their futures, and profit by growing profitable, marketable products in addition to food for their own families.

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THANK YOU!

Everything in this Impact Report is made possible through generous donations from supporters like you. Thank you for your dedication to our mission and the farmers we serve.