Monte Mimo
Monte Mimo is a small family-run regenerative farming project in Alvalade do Sado, Alentejo, producing vegetables and other goods through an…
Food & Agriculture
Portugal's soil is being worked back to life, by organic farms like Vale da Sarvinda and Herdade Monte Silveira, regenerative projects like Quinta Vale da Lama, and cooperatives like Fruta Feia that rescue “ugly” produce from waste. From syntropic farming to community-supported agriculture, this is where food in Portugal is being rethought from the ground up.
Biggest Mini Forest turns 3x3 metre plots into food forestsPlot Zero: the first mini food forest, and what it changed
A women's collective teaches earth building in the Alentejo An earth house can live anywhere, if it is designed consciously
Ekōgaio is helping regenerate Portuguese landscapes from its hub near TomarEkōgaio plants more than 10,000 trees on municipal land in Crato
Projects
Quinta da Cotovia
Quinta da Cotovia is an organic farm in Sonega, Cercal do Alentejo, producing fruit, vegetables, bread and olive oil sold through baskets an…
Fajã dos Padres
Fajã dos Padres is a secluded organic farm, beach and restaurant on Madeira's south coast, reached by cable car down a 300-metre cliff or by…
ALGAplus
ALGAplus is a Portuguese company in Ílhavo that has farmed organic seaweed on land since 2012, using an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture…
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…
Herdade Aldeia de Cima
Herdade Aldeia de Cima is a 3,500-hectare montado estate in the Serra do Mendro, Alentejo, producing organic wine, medronho spirit, olive oi…
Monte da Casteleja
Monte da Casteleja is an organic wine estate and farm stay near Lagos, Algarve, run by Guillaume Leroux, who inherited the property from his…
Casa de Mouraz
Casa de Mouraz is a family wine estate in Mouraz, Tondela, growing organic and biodynamic vines across 25 hectares in the Dão region. Certif…
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Portalegre Polytechnic launches soil regeneration and digital farming project for the Alentejo
A digital twin of the farm is meant to predict forage yields, alongside training to put such tools in farmers' hands.
Young farmers' association and olive growers' body sign cooperation deal in Beja
Portugal's olive oil exports have just crossed a billion euros, and two sector bodies are now pooling technical staff to ride that momentum.
Agriculture minister backs shepherds over wolf losses and promises faster compensation
Compensation for wolf attacks has been tripled, yet the minister says even a tenfold rise would be worthless unless something else changes.
Évora to host regional forum on food security and nutrition on 20 October
Three participatory workshops on production, consumption and health will let ordinary citizens, not just industry players, help shape the region's food future.
Portugal ships 334 more crop seed samples to Arctic vault
Portugal has been depositing seeds in the Arctic since 2018, and its collection there now stands at 1,861 samples.
Farm groups urge Brussels to curb Tunisian olive oil imports as producer prices slump
The groups say it makes no sense to prop up the European market while letting third-country oil in through the back door.
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Course "Integrated Production Method in Vineyards"
AJAP is running the certified course "Integrated Production Method in Vineyards", with 106 hours combining online and in-person training, aimed at technicians in the agricultural sector. The synchronous sessions take place between 29 September and 3 November, with in-person components in North/Centre and South groups until December.
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Permaculture Design Learning Community
A two-week certified permaculture design programme at Quinta Vale da Lama in Lagos, combining design, hands-on practice and community learning alongside parallel art and volunteering programmes. Limited subsidised places are available for those with financial constraints.
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SER Program – Regenerative Employment Seed (3rd edition)
A free 250-hour training program for young people aged 18 to 35, with specializations in native forest, nature tourism, and food processing, running from October 2026 to April 2027. Pre-applications are already open via email.
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Permaculture Design Course (PDC)
A 10-day Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is being offered at Terra Alta in Sintra, with courses running through October; booking details are provided via a link in the poster's bio.
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Cultural Vegetable Garden - Tuesdays at the Horta
Every Tuesday, between 5pm and 7pm, you can find a range of activities at the Horta Cultural. The Horta Cultural is a space for sharing knowledge following the principles of sustainable agriculture and the circular economy. In October, the theme will be Composting and Living Systems. In nature, nothing is lost: what seems to come to an end transforms itself, feeds other cycles and gives rise to new life. Composting is one of the simplest and most powerful examples of this intelligence…
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Hands-on in the Solar Test Field & Garden
A 12-day hands-on programme at Tamera combining garden and solar test field work with community-building activities like Forum, focused on regenerative living and energy autonomy.
Sustainable food and farming in Portugal
Portugal farms across three very different landscapes: the terraced smallholdings of the north, the dry plains of the Alentejo, and the citrus valleys of the Algarve. What “sustainable” means shifts with them. In the south the first question is water; further north it is soil and slope.
The projects gathered here answer it at different scales. Organic farms like Vale da Sarvinda and Herdade Monte Silveira grow without synthetic inputs. Quinta Vale da Lama pairs regenerative agriculture with training on the land itself. The cooperative Fruta Feia buys produce that supermarkets turn down on looks and sells it on to its members.
Use the focus filter for permaculture, syntropic farming, agroforestry, composting or food sovereignty, or filter by region to find what is near you. Each project page says who runs it, where it is, and whether they are looking for hands, buyers or visitors. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.