The Farm
"One tree cannot make a forest"
Together with undocumented people and other volunteers from the area, we care for the animals , manage the landscape , do odd jobs and garden together and divide and process the harvest into a warm lunch and beautiful products. Our harvest - vegetables, eggs, meat - goes home with participants and ends up locally, including drop-in centers for the homeless.
It starts with a dream..
After years of dreaming and searching for the right place, we settled in the Bovenkerkerpolder in Amstelveen in 2020. Two wishes of the Protestant Diaconie Amsterdam come together on the farm: space for people without papers to develop and providing healthy, sustainable and local food to those who can use it the most . Social and ecological values are paramount.
Meent: 'Jointly managed piece of land'
Participants fully participate in the joint development of the farm. Through the activities and the learning trajectory of workshops/excursions they discover their interests and develop agricultural, social and technical skills. The community grows and the real estate and landscape grow with it; the future potential of the Meent is increasingly taking shape. Want to know more about our farm? Click below.
~ Pioneer Phase: The Farm in 2021
~ Isaac on the farm
