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Self-seeded sweet chestnut trees by the Baltic Sea in Baskemölla, Sweden, originating from a century-old tree in a nearby garden, now serving as an important seed source for forest gardens and food forests across southern Sweden.

Booklet: Agroforestry for Swedish conditions Booklet: UNHIDE aGROFORESTRY & film: "I'm a tree"

agroforestry conference in switzerland, june 2026

The hottest week in a decade in Switzerland served as a fitting backdrop for the 8th European Agroforestry Conference 2026 in Neuchâtel. Surrounded by hundreds of passionate practitioners and researchers—with Agroscope serving as an exceptional host—we left deeply inspired, challenged, and energized. A major highlight of the event was the closing General Assembly, where Anders Lindén was re-elected to the board of EURAF, now stepping into the role of Vice President. 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 to Transhumance in the Jura Region. This seasonal livestock movement practice is 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 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 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.

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 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.

Horizon Europe Collaboration on Soil Health in Agroforestry, 2027

RootWorks is currently part of a Horizon Europe funding application for a collaborative project involving 6 European countries, focused on soil health in agroforestry. Our contribution to the project is a 30-min film. A decision is expected in July 2026.

MAJA & ANDERS

Our collaboration began in the summer of 2022 at Rydeholm, where Maja and her family stayed for several weeks — an encounter that resulted in the film "The forest garden at Rydeholm”, based on interviews with Anders. Since then, we have worked closely for some years within the board of Agroforestry Sweden,

Close to nature nut growing in agroforestry - at rydeholm food forest & farm

We offer consultations on alley cropping, biodiversity-enhancing windbreaks, riparian buffers for streams and lakes, and food forests/forest gardens, with a strong focus and dedication to nut trees (Castanea sativa, Juglans regia, Corylus spp., Pinus koraiensis, Prunus dulcis, Ginkgo biloba, Araucaria araucana), for crisis preparedness, cash crop, and biodiversity. We support projects throughout the entire process, from site analysis to implementation. READ MORE

AgrOFORESTRY - A CARETAKER's DEVOTION, IN A POST FOSSIL FUEL ECONOMY

Agroforestry is an umbrella term for ancient, food-producing systems adapted to contemporary practice, suitable for farmlands, meadows, pastures, forests, forest edges, and along waterways, where diverse woody plants are integrated with crops and/or livestock to provide ecosystem services that restore, revitalize, and stabilize edible and productive landscapes.
European Agroforestry examples. Photo used with permission; Wakelyns Agroforestry, G. Gugenheim.

ROTVERKET AB

Rotverket (RootWorks) is a Swedish limited liability company jointly owned by us; Anders Lindén and Maja Lindström Kling, and serves as a shared platform for assignments and projects in which we are involved, together or individually. About us. Interview with Maja Lindström Kling. Interview with Anders Lindén.

Walnut & sweet chestnut harvest from rewilded trees, Baskemölla, southern Sweden