Voedselbos Brievengat | Visiting an inspirational project in Curaçao

sign with a text hanging on a tree — Translation of the sign: there is enough for everyone’s needs.

Volunteers from the local community are encouraged to participate in maintaining food forests together. It is called a food forest because it produces highly nutritious and healthy food in a forest-like system with a high diversity of plants.
The food forrests in Curaçao are developed by the non-profit organization Orenda in Curaçao.

shrubs, plants and trees — Voedselbos uses syntropic agroforestry, a regenerative agriculture method.

wooden house with sign Samyama Aviso — Voedselbos is initiated by Benjamin Visser of Samyama Aviso.

information sign at a tree — One of the goals of Voedselbos is to educate.

4 people talking — Ray talking to the volunteers of Voedselbos.

tree with 4 papaya — Papaya growing at a tree.

man working with plants — Volunteer working at Voedselbos.

flower with small fruits and red flowers — Bellyache Bush | Fliara (Papiamentu) | Jatropha Gossypiifolia.

Mulberry - a green fruit — Mulberry | Noni (Papiamentu) | Morinda Citrifolia.

shrubs with purple flowers — Blue Porterweed | Stachytarpheta Jamaicensis.

palmated leaf of cassave — Palmated leaf of Cassava | Yuca (Papiamentu) | Manihot Esculenta.

lady fingers fruit — Lady fingers or Okra | Jambo (Papiamentu) | Abelmoschus Esculentus.

orange butterfly at green leaves — Butterfly, probably an Agraulis Vanillae or a Dione Vanillae.