A Forest Garden Changed Everything for this Farmer 30-year-old Mor Niang joined Trees for the Future’s Forest Garden program in February 2020. He remembers being unsure about the project at first. “I was not really that enthusiastic because most of the projects in our area are not profitable for the population,” he says. But he signed up after speaking with local TREES staff about the project and says he hasn’t regretted it since. “Trees has changed my life dramatically,” he says. Senegalese farmer Mor Niang stands proudly in his thriving Forest Garden. Looking for a Safer Path Illiterate, with no formal education, Mor Niang had always struggled to find reliable job opportunities. He worked as a shopkeeper for his uncle and as a mechanic. More recently he borrowed a motorcycle and worked as a motorcycle taxi driver. After almost crashing on a busy road, Mor was looking for a safer career path. “I d...