We grow what we believe in
Our journey, our passion, and the vision behind Nuts & Berries Agroforestry.
What began as a shared passion for trees, soil, and regenerative agriculture evolved into a purpose-driven business.
At Nuts & Berries Agroforestry, we bring together systems thinking, hands-in-the-soil experience, and a deep commitment to working with nature.
Through years of learning, experimenting, and collaborating with farmers across Europe, we’ve grown a consultancy that is not just about designing fields or farms — we co-create living systems that can feed generations to come.
Joris R. Niggemann
Kamiel Vreugdenhil
Why We Grow 🌱
Our PASSION lies in trees, soil, and regenerative farming landscapes.
We are DRIVEN by the urgency to restore ecosystem health.
Our MOTIVATION is to empower farmers to build resilient and profitable agroforestry systems.
Why We Grow Together
We came together through a shared passion in regenerative agriculture, agroforestry systems and perennial crops.
Nuts & Berries Agroforestry was born from a thirst for knowledge — and a shared vision for a better future. We, the founders, Joris & Kamiel, first connected during a syntropic agroforestry course in Germany, where long conversations quickly revealed a common dream: to integrate these dynamic systems with other regenerative practices like holistic planned grazing — ideas we have studied during years of work and travel across Europe’s diverse climates and landscapes.
We’re ambitious about the future, open to creative partnerships, and deeply committed to growing landscapes, and cultures, that honor life, together.
Along our journey, we discovered our deepest passion: trees.
From that seed, Nuts & Berries grew.
Our Background
Joris
Regenerative Agriculture & Permaculture
Background in Economic Geography. Specialized in permaculture, agroforestry, silvopasture and fruit tree orcharding.
Grazing, Bees & Land Management
Trained in holistic management, animal husbandry, beekeeping and regenerative farm design.
Education & Community Engagement
Skilled in coaching, teaching, and leading community-driven agricultural projects.
Kamiel
Spatial Planning & Agricultural Policy
Background in Environmental Geography and Urban Planning, experience as a project manager and agricultural policy maker.
GIS, Tree Nursery & Agroforestry
Skilled in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), tree nursery design and agroforestry operations.
Business & Project Development
Expertise in budgeting, business case calculations, navigating regulatory frameworks for land use and multi-stakeholder project management.
The Ethics That Guide Us
At Nuts & Berries Agroforestry, our work is grounded in the three core ethics of permaculture:
Care for the Earth
Care for People
Fair Share
These principles guide every decision we make - from design to business planning and community collaboration.
The Global Context
In the face of accelerating climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, we’ve made the regeneration of ecosystems our core business.
Modern industrial agriculture has proven unsustainable — drawing down finite resources while degrading the living systems it depends on. In places like the Netherlands, for example, agricultural efficiency gains have come at the cost of dramatically increased resource inputs with marginal yield improvements (Smit, 2018). Meanwhile, peak oil is expected around 2030 (Rystad, 2024), and critical minerals for renewable energy systems remain too limited to sustain current consumption patterns, let alone continued economic growth (Nate et al., 2021). In this context, it’s deeply troubling that much of our global food system still relies on these finite resources.
But we believe another path is possible….
At Nuts & Berries Agroforestry, a deep love for the natural world lies at the heart of our work.
From Extraction to Regeneration: A New Story for Farming
True abundance is possible by aligning with nature's renewable engines: photosynthesis and evolution. Life creates more life! We humans can become a keystone species, regenerating ecosystems, catalyzing an explosion of life, restabilizing the climate, and restoring biodiversity through thoughtful, ethics based design and action.
Growing diverse agroforestry systems is how we express our care for the Earth and our future.
Planting Seeds of Regeneration, Together
Nuts & Berries Agroforestry champions cooperation with all forms of life.
Through our unique agroforestry consultancy approach, we support the creation of:
vibrant farming communities rooted in resilient agroecological systems
Ever-improving soil health, biodiversity, and stable, long-term yields
Reduced risk through diversified cropping systems
Lower input costs and fairer margins via collective processing and regional sales
We’re here to build this future with a new generation of farm entrepreneurs. Come grow with us.
The Meaning of Nuts & Berries
The name Nuts & Berries is a homage to two of nature’s most extraordinary plants: the hazelnut (Corylus avellana) and the elderberry (Sambucus nigra).
These plants are true powerhouses and superfoods, deeply woven into human history, mythology, and agroforestry traditions. Together, they represent vitality, resilience, and nourishment. Values at the core of agroforestry and regenerative land design.
Our Inspiration and Teachers
Our knowledge, methodologies and designs are inspired by- and derived from the thoughts and practices of the below teachers and mentors.
Alan Savory
Akiva Silver
Ernst Gotsch
Geoff Lawton
Helen Atthowe
Martin Crawford
Michael Grolm
Morag Gamble
Richard Perkins
Mark Shepard
Infinite gratitude for inspiring us and many others like us on our own paths.
There’s many more important people who influenced us on our way that we can’t all list here that we’re equally grateful for.
