The Field Guideby Moss & MarrowHerenboeren Amersfoort
- Organic methods: no synthetic pesticides or fertiliser, not certified
Herenboeren Amersfoort is a cooperative farm, De Hooge Hof, started early in 2026 in Hoogland-West on the edge of Amersfoort, where a farmer employed by the cooperative grows almost fifty kinds of vegetables, potatoes and herbs on 1.5 hectares, with help from the members, for 140 member households.
The harvest is shared out among the members each week in season. Their website describes the method as biologisch, without artificial fertiliser or chemical pesticides and with attention to soil health and biodiversity. The farm holds no organic certificate; what qualifies it here is the practice itself, no synthetic inputs on the land. There are no animals yet, so no eggs or meat: the cooperative is looking for more land to grow into a mixed farm with animals that supply manure and, for members who want it, occasional meat.
There is nothing to buy here, because the members own the farm. Joining means paying a one-off contribution towards starting the farm and then a monthly amount per person in the household, and in return collecting a weekly share of the harvest in season. The farmer does the basic work and members are invited to help in working groups.
De Hooge Hof follows the Herenboeren model begun in Boxtel in 2016, in which the members are co-owners of the farm and everything it produces is divided among them rather than sold.