Trees for the Future

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Trees for the Future

Abbreviation	TREES
Formation	August 14, 1989; 35 years ago (1989-08-14)
Founders	Grace and Dave Deppner
Type	Nonprofit organization
Tax ID no.	52-1644869
Legal status	501(c)(3)
Headquarters	Bethesda, Maryland
Region	Global
Fields	Agroforestry, sustainable development, agricultural training and extension
CEO	Tim McLellan
Key people	John Leary (Chief Strategy Officer), Brandy Bellou (Director of Programs)
Employees	220+ FTEs
Website	trees.org

Trees for the Future (abbreviated sometimes as TREES) is a Maryland-based nonprofit organization founded on August 14, 1989, that trains farmers around the world in agroforestry and sustainable land use.^[1]

TREES provides technical assistance with the help of mechanical, forestry and agricultural engineers and training in their signature methodology, which they call the Forest Garden Approach. Farmers who join their training program - whether through one of their field offices or online via their Forest Garden Training Center^[2] - receive instruction on planting trees on their own farms and integrating them into regenerative agricultural systems for increased farm productivity, sustainability, and food security.^[3]

Since their founding in 1989, TREES claims to have planted over 260 million trees with more than 25,000 farmers around the world.^[4] In June 2021, they announced their intention to plant one billion trees as part of global reforestation efforts led by the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.^[5]