Empowering individuals and communities in the creation of Future Food Forests with the skills to utilise them while  repairing and regenerating ourselves and the natural world.

  •  Deepening connection with wild nature and each other.

  • Reskilling in ways to create, design and utilise food forests 

  • Generating abundant yields and products.  

Vision

Healthy, Happy, Thriving Nature including People

Mission

Bringing together Purpose with People, Plants, Produce and Places for resilience and wellbeing.

To be a beacon of positive hope through uncertain times.

 Overview

Image Forest Garden in Ramsgate

Future Food Forests, a hopeful positive solution for Nature including Humans and a good idea anyway.

Future Food Forests CIC provides transformational blended learning experiences for groups that connect people of all ages and backgrounds with each other and with nature. Inclusion, diversity and equality are at the forefront of what we aim to offer for sustainability, regeneration and wellbeing.

First and always we connect to the natural systems, our selves and each other. Then we create resilient ecosystems for our future food  that repair and regenerate the natural world for ourselves and our children's future.  

Biodiversity - Climate Action - Futureproofing - Wellbeing

Meet our Founder - Jo Barker

Jo has professional training as a Landscape Architect and has been applying her skills in Permaculture Design over 35 years. Jo has been designing and making food forests for 30 + years and become a keen forager. Nearly 20 years ago Jo stopped asking can I eat this? Instead asks How do i eat this? Professionally trained and practicing complementary therapist in Coaching and Complemenatry therapies including Sylvotherapy

Jo is a trained Educator and worked with adults, families and schools runnning environment education programmes.  

Permaculture has been Jo's passion since 1990. Jo loves plants, people and places. Jo has a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design,  the highest qualification. Jo has worked mainly with community groups for over 3 decades. including schools. Founded East Kent Transition Group and was Chair of  Canterbury Transition group. Jo supported helped the first schools in East Kent to gain Eco school status. Jo has been involved with countless Community Gardens and Community farms. A Certified Permaculture Association Educator, Diploma and Land Tutor for the Permaculture Association. Jo was Trustee to the Permaculture Association Board.  

Contact us

Would you like to support us or join in our work?

Community Design, Talks, Courses

Utilising the Food Forest/ Forest Garden / Unshopping / Foraging

futurefoodforests@gmail.com

Image. Spring SuperSalad with over 100 ingredients.