We are a network of farmers, scientists, social entrepreneurs, activists, and civil society organizations. We advocate for resilient food communities rooted in agroecology and food sovereignty.

We are organized around the vision, voice, and experience of farmer organizations in the Netherlands, and we are part of the international ‘Nyeleni’ movement for agroecology and food sovereignty. We are closely connected with organizations representing millions of agroecological food producers worldwide. These include farmers, herders, small-scale livestock producers and fishers, indigenous peoples, rural workers—many of whom are women and youth. Together, they provide about 70 percent of the world’s food.

We strengthen agroecology in the Netherlands and beyond: in farming practices and broader food networks, through mutual learning, organizing, forging alliances, conducting research and influencing policies, and by disseminating this narrative within society at large.

Our working groups regularly organize meetings and actions. We demonstrate what agroecology entails in practice, critique the shortcomings of the industrial system, establish new food networks, develop knowledge for the benefit of farmers and society, and build a solidarity movement for agroecology on the path to food sovereignty.

In this way, we collaborate towards a healthy and just society, for the present and future.

These are the members of our network: