[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.

[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] Trees for the Future is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to end poverty and hunger by training farmers in regenerative agriculture, through what they call the Forest Garden Approach.

In 2014, they focused their work on select African countries, where the climatic and economic challenges were the most pressing, and they felt they could make the greatest impact.

[6] The Forest Garden Approach (FGA) Through their 4-year training program, farmers plant thousands of trees that protect the land and bring nutrients back to the soil.

Farmers are taught to plant trees in a way that optimizes land use, eliminates the need for chemical pesticides and fertilizers, and reserves water and sequesters carbon, what they call the Forest Garden.

[7] The Forest Garden provides farmers with diverse, nutritious crops that they can feed their families and sell on the market all year round.

In June 1993, Trees for the Future was invited to join the White House panel on Global Climate Change, where they continued to serve through 2000.

On September 10, 2011, TREES' Executive Director Dave Deppner died and was replaced by his friend and colleague, John Leary.

John Leary stepped into the newly established role of Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) in an effort to reach the organization's goal of planting one billion trees by 2030.

Tim McLellan, a leader in sustainability and community development, was selected to fill the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer.

[16] In 2023, they planted 38 million trees and will continue to scale up over the next decade their training program, collaborative partnerships, and growing network of farmers and agroforestry experts.