ABOUTTHE GARDEN

Tuinen van het Roodborstje will operate as a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project. This means we build a direct, trust-based relationship between us as farmers and our members. Members support the farm by paying a yearly subscription at the start of the season, and in return receive a weekly box of fresh vegetables that will be available for pick-up in Wageningen and Amsterdam. Farmers and members share both the risks and the bounties of the season. Our members are always welcome to join us at the gardens! 

As a member, you make one financial contribution at the beginning of the season. This way, we secure upfront costs for compost, seeds and seedlings, and our income for the year. In return, you receive a crate of freshly harvested, organic, grown-with-care vegetables, delivered close to you in Amsterdam or Wagenigen. You can pick up your crate in Amsterdam at the Dokhuis (Plantage Doklaan 8) or close to home in Wageningen. Read more here.
We use a solidarity pricing system that depends on your income and personal circumstances.

After decades of for-profit corporations exploiting the food system, “farming” has become a dirty word. Usually involving huge amounts of chemicals, exploitation of workers, massive fossil-fuel guzzling machines and endless fields of monoculture, the industrial food system makes access to food dependent on injustice and a war against nature. Seed, pesticide and fertilizer companies have colonial histories and use neocolonial practices to trick farmers into dependence. Meanwhile, we think access to ethically grown, environmentally sane and nutritious food is a basic right. We want to live in a world where eating doesn’t compromise our ecosystems or our integrity as a species. We see Tuinen van het Roodborstje as an experiment in actively building the alternatives we need for a post capitalist future, one in which it feels good to eat - and it tastes good too.