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● projectScaled · national · 2016
Herenboeren
National community-supported agriculture (CSA) movement in which groups of ~200-250 households become co-owners of a cooperative, hire a professional farmer and produce food together organically and nature-inclusively.
illustrative atlas image · Tuong Chopper / PexelsVVVereniging van Herenboerderijen (sucesora de Stichting Herenboeren NL)GVGeert van der Veer
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01 The context
Each household makes a one-time investment (~2,000-2,500 EUR, refundable) and pays a monthly fee. The first Herenboerderij started in Boxtel in 2016; by 2026 there are ~23-25 farms feeding more than 9,000 people. In June 2025 the national foundation (Stichting Herenboeren NL) went bankrupt; the local farms, which are independent, kept operating and coordination passed to the Vereniging van Herenboerderijen.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
3 published documents support this project. No independent evaluation is in the atlas yet. Know of any? Contribute it.
The evidence 3 ›
EvidenceFarming co-operative Herenboerderij - The Netherlands (SIMRA case study)SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas, H2020) · 2018
EvidenceFarms with strong citizen participation: Herenboeren Land van WeertEU CAP Network (proyecto RURALIZATION, Horizon 2020) · 2023
ContextAshoka Fellow Geert van der VeerAshoka · 2017