De Eenzaamheid Farm - The Netherlands

The family van Schie has been running the farm “De Eenzaamheid” on an island in Warmond for 170 years: Appropriately called  “The Solitude”. In 2020, Roos, Jan and Joost (5th and 6th generation) are moving on to the next step: from organic to regenerative farming.

Working according to the 4Returns approach, in collaboration with NGO's Wij.land and Commonland. Wageningen University and the Louis Bolk Institute, to name but a few. Striving to create four values: ecological, economic, social and cultural.

The aim of the farm is to grow living soil, capture CO2, increase biodiversity, and contribute to the community while raising the profit. 

Design Features: 

• Holistic grazing

• Chicken tractors

• Paludiculture - Productive use of Wet peatlands

• Compost production

• (Re) introducing plant and animal species to increase biodiversity

• Edible borders, Fedges and small food forests

• Commercial Kitchen garden for Onsite Bakery