agroforestry conference in switzerland, june 2026
Other key highlights from the week included: a lecture on hands-on syntropic alley cropping system establishment in European landscapes, tailored for a changing climate, crucial practical insights into restoring water dynamics in arid and Mediterranean climates, a field visit to a traditional, grazed sweet chestnut orchard and a newer one, and a visit to the hart of Swiss Transhumance in the Jura Region. This seasonal livestock movement practice was a powerful reminder that landscapes are not static, but living processes—shaped over generations through continuous movement, deep relationships, and active caretaking. Photo: alley cropping with walnut, hazel, maple etc in the Jura region, Switzerland.
collaboration on forest grazing as nature conservation with plockhugget & Regenerative sweden, 2026
We are happy to announce that the Swedish Forest Agency has approved our application for project funding for nature conservation through forest grazing and forest edge management. Plockhugget AB is the project lead, with Regenerative Sweden as co-partner. RootWorks will produce six short educational films as part of the project. The 3-year project will also include webinars, field days, two-day and three-day training courses, online meetings, and on-site advisory visits for individual forest owners. Each short film will be 5–10 minutes long and will be used as educational material during the courses (and eventually published on youtube).
Farmforce
As a project leader on behalf of Agroforestry Sweden, Anders Lindén organised a study tour across Sweden in May 2026 for participants in the Swedish–Ukrainian FarmForce project (2024–2026). The tour enabled exchanges with farmers, agroforestry pioneers, and local initiatives to strengthen small-scale food production and local food systems in Ukraine—both of which have been crucial for food security during the war. The project is financed through SI and carried out in collaboration with Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and WWF-Ukraine. The project was presented at the agroforestry conference in Neuchatêl 2026.
