Banco Alimentar Contra a Fome
Banco Alimentar Contra a Fome is a Portuguese federation of 21 regional food banks that collect surplus food from farms, companies and the p…
Food Waste Reduction
REFOOD's volunteer network and Fruta Feia's “ugly fruit” cooperative rescue tonnes of good food every week. Join a shift, join a basket scheme, waste less.
Projects in this focus
Good After
Good After is a Portuguese online supermarket, founded in 2016, that sells groceries near or past their best-before date at reduced prices. …
Prato Certo
Prato Certo is a food education campaign run by Associação In Loco that promotes healthy, affordable and sustainable eating based on the Med…
Nave Mãe
Nave Mãe is a bulk grocery store and ethical catering project in Portalegre that promotes conscious, local and seasonal consumption with a z…
Unidos Contra o Desperdício
Unidos Contra o Desperdício is a national movement, under the High Patronage of the President of Portugal, that brings together companies, i…
Colmeia
Colmeia is a non-profit local food distribution network operating across the Algarve and South Alentejo, distributing organic and local prod…
Quinta do Arneiro
A certified organic farm in Azueira, Mafra, producing a wide variety of vegetables, fruit and bread, delivered weekly in baskets directly to…
NÃM Mushroom Farm
NÃM Mushroom Farm is a certified B Corp urban farm in Lisbon that grows fresh gourmet mushrooms on coffee waste, using a circular approach. …
Quinta da Fornalha
Quinta da Fornalha is a 35-hectare organic farm in Castro Marim, Algarve, that combines regenerative agriculture, ecotourism, a farm restaur…
Fruta Feia CRL
Fruta Feia CRL, a Portuguese cooperative founded in November 2013, rescues “ugly” fruit and vegetables from going to waste. It distributes t…
REFOOD
Refood is a citizen-led movement, 100% volunteer-run, that rescues surplus food from local businesses and delivers it to people in need thro…
Food waste reduction in Portugal
Most food is lost before it reaches a shop, and much of what reaches one is thrown out while still edible. The projects here intercept it at both ends: at the farm, where produce is rejected on size or shape, and at the counter, where the day's surplus would otherwise go in a bin.
REFOOD runs a volunteer network that collects surplus from restaurants and shops and redistributes it locally. Fruta Feia buys “ugly” fruit and vegetables from farmers and sells them on to members in weekly baskets.
Both depend on volunteers and both are joinable in an evening. Related: composting, food sovereignty and zero waste living. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.