Flippin’ Fucked-Up Fields to Fruitful Forests

The Ecuadorian Amazon, where the Amazon basin meets the Andes mountains, is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. Countless species of animals[1] depend on this rainforest for their food, water, and shelter. According to the Global Forest Watch, Ecuador’s cumulative tree cover loss between 2001 and 2014 was estimated at nearly 60,000 hectares, with annual deforestation rates in some areas reaching 9.8 percent. Fragmentation of the forest has already isolated many animal populations and made it dangerous for them to travel in search of food. Further deforestation could wipe out keystone plant species on which these animals depend and which support the entire ecosystem.

The expansion of animal agriculture (mainly cow pasture) is the main driver of deforestation in Ecuador, and it is facilitated by new roads built in order to access oil reserves in the Amazon. Road access also leads to an increase in human settlements, and the high birth rate takes its toll on the natural resources.

Badass Fruiterrarist Land is where we start unfucking stuff up. We have acquired 3.52 hectares of land in a beautiful location near the Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park in the northern Amazon of Ecuador where we are reforesting cattle pasture and mono-crop plantations with a high-density fruit forest.

Vision

We envision a private, peaceful, diverse, abundant, and self-sustaining food forest ecosystem
which shelters all fruiterrarists great and small
from the vices and viciousness of Babylonnoun: the entire matrix of the financial, legal, industrial, military, media, medical, education, entertainment, transportation, technology, religious, and virtually every other man-made complex, from the seasonality of the savanna,
from the tyranny of collectivism and conformity, from the tragedies of hate and indifference.

Mission

Our mission is to reclaim and reforest this land in western Orellana,
to cultivate a contiguous and abundant fruit forest,
and to form a local network of fruiterrarists who preserve the tranquillity of the forest
for all peaceful wild beings to enjoy in perpetuity.

This is NOT an intentional community, and it never will be. There is no ethereal “community” entity that makes decisions; everyone is free to do what they want. We don’t have a government, or a structure, or meetings, or sharing circles; it’s just a bunch of fruiterrarists trying to reforest the land.

There is lots of relatively inexpensive land available in this area, and we are inviting like-minded people with vegan ethics to crowdfund additional land acquisition or develop similar projects nearby to collaborate together in an effort to create a larger-scale sustainable food forest and help to reverse the damage that the Amazon Rainforest is suffering due to deforestation from animal agriculture and monoculture farming practices.

The vision is to create a network of vegan reforestation projects that all share the same values and ethics, removing the destructive practices of the people currently using the surrounding land, and restoring the area to a stabilised, self-sustainable, productive, and healthy food forest of fruit trees, native trees, and other beneficial vegetation. Reforesting and protecting this area will provide critical habitat for many endemic animal species.

The climate in this area is superb for living as well as growing some of the tastiest and most calorie-dense food on earth (durian, jackfruit, marang, and many more). Land and living expenses are both very affordable, there are beautiful streams, waterfalls, and native forest around, and the pace of life here is slow and chill.

This area is accessed by a gravel road connected to a paved road with bus service. There are a few small general stores nearby as well as food trucks that deliver fruits and vegetables to the area. The town of Loreto is not far away with a variety of produce markets, hardware stores, mechanic shops, and other basic services.

We offer free support to people who would like help with finding the right land, the land acquisition process, reforesting, creating and managing a food forest, or living in Ecuador with or without a longer-term visa. We can also provide (free) temporary housing for qualified people who would like to visit the area and look at land for potential acquisition.

There are many ways to be part of this project, from making small donations for buying nursery-grown trees to volunteering, contributing to farm buyouts, or purchasing land and participating in the reforestation in one of many ways.

If you would like more information, please feel free to read through more of this website, or contact us here.

If you are interested in acquiring land to participate in the reforestation project, we invite you to share some information in the questionnaire.

If you would like to donate or trade seeds or plants or cuttings, see here for our wish list and what we have available to trade.

On behalf of all of the plants, animals, and other lifeforms in this majestic land, we thank you for your interest in doing your part to create a more sustainable world while helping save the Amazon Rainforest and all of the life that depends on it.

“If we don’t do something now, it may be too late if we ever do…”