Aphros Wine
Aphros Wine is a biodynamic winery in the Lima Valley, near Ponte de Lima, led by Vasco Croft. It was one of the first certified biodynamic …
Agroecology
Agroecology works with the farm as an ecosystem: crop diversity, living soil and local knowledge. In Portugal it runs from family farms like Vale da Sarvinda to larger estates such as Herdade Monte Silveira. Buy direct, volunteer at harvest or learn from the people growing the food.
Projects in this focus
Vinha Velha
Vinha Velha is a 140-hectare family-run farm near Lagos, in the Algarve, now in its second generation, that farms without synthetic inputs a…
Monte Mimo
Monte Mimo is a small family-run regenerative farming project in Alvalade do Sado, Alentejo, producing vegetables and other goods through an…
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…
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…
Biocoop – Cooperativa de Consumo de Produtos Biológicos
Biocoop is a consumer cooperative in Prior Velho, near Lisbon, selling organic food to its members since 1993. It also organises farm visits…
Cantinho das Aromáticas
Cantinho das Aromáticas was an organic aromatic-plant farm and visitor space in Vila Nova de Gaia that closed in 2023 after financial diffic…
Paisagindo Bio
Paisagindo Bio is an organic tea and spice producer based on a farm in Alandroal, Alentejo, making infusions, tisanas and condiments by hand…
Farol do Colibri
Farol do Colibri is a cooperative farm (CRL) near Viseu, in conversion to organic farming and run along permaculture lines. It also hosts oc…
Humus Wines
Humus Wines is an organic wine producer based at Quinta do Paço, near Caldas da Rainha, known for its sulphite-free Humus Tinto. The project…
CCBio – Centro de Competências da Agricultura Biológica
CCBio is a national competence centre based in Serpa that supports organic farming through research, technical guidance and partnerships acr…
Quinta do Freixo & Quinta do Mel (SAIA)
SAIA is a fifth-generation family business running two organic farms in the Algarve, Quinta do Freixo inland and Quinta do Mel by the sea, p…
AGROBIO – Associação Portuguesa de Agricultura Biológica
AGROBIO is a Portuguese non-profit association founded in 1985 dedicated to promoting organic farming through training, technical assistance…
Quinta da Zira
Quinta da Zira is a pesticide-free farm in Albufeira producing vegetables, fruits, herbs and eggs, paired with a rebuilt local accommodation…
Wolfsown
Wolf's Own is a certified organic and vegan vineyard located in Ervidel, in the Alentejo region of Portugal. The project produces wines root…
Quinta do Mitra
Quinta do Mitra is a certified organic farm in Arco de São Jorge, Madeira, growing vegetables, aromatic and medicinal plants, and subtropica…
PROBIOMADEIRA
PROBIOMADEIRA is a research and development project aimed at strengthening organic farming in Madeira through scientific tools, training and…
O Rapaz da Quinta
O Rapaz da Quinta is a certified organic farm in Leça do Balio run by Tiago Ferreira, delivering fresh fruit and vegetable baskets to homes …
Quinta da Herdeira
Quinta da Herdeira is a family-run certified organic farm in Foros de Amora, growing vegetables and fruit without synthetic chemicals since …
Mellow Cogumelo
Mellow Cogumelo is an off-grid permaculture project in the Alentejo, combining a gourmet mushroom farm with a mobile Neapolitan pizzeria and…
TryBio – Associação para a Promoção da Produção Biológica
TryBio is an association dedicated to promoting organic farming in the Azores, bringing together producers and consumers across the archipel…
Living Seeds Sementes Vivas
Living Seeds Sementes Vivas is a Portuguese company in Idanha-a-Nova that produces and sells open-pollinated seeds certified as organic and …
Quinta dos Medronheiros
A certified organic farm in Lazarim, Almada, selling fresh organic produce in weekly boxes. It promotes local, seasonal, chemical-free farmi…
Albustan - Hortas do Sol
Albustan - Hortas do Sol is a certified organic farm in Bensafrim, Algarve. It grows seasonal vegetables using regenerative agriculture and …
Cabaz da Grela
Cabaz da Grela is a family-run agroecology project at Quinta da Grela, in Pessegueiro do Vouga, delivering baskets of certified organic seas…
Buda Bites Plan Bio
Plan Bio by Buda Bites, a Portuguese brand based in the Algarve, makes durable physical planning guides for organic vegetable gardens, medic…
Hortas da Rainha
Hortas da Rainha is a regenerative and organic farm near Torres Novas that grows produce in agrosilvopastoral systems and supplies gastronom…
Biofrade
Biofrade is a family-run Portuguese company that produces and sells organic food, with shops and a vegetarian grocery-café in the Lourinhã, …
Quinta Anema
Quinta Anema is an organic dairy farm in Lavre, Alentejo, run by Dutch couple Jan and Elisabeth Anema, who make certified organic Gouda-styl…
Food4Sustainability CoLAB
Food4Sustainability CoLAB is a Portuguese non-profit collaborative laboratory working on innovation in sustainable and regenerative food pro…
Horta do Pé Descalço
A small, family-run organic market garden in Caldas da Rainha that has grown over 6.5 tonnes of vegetables in a single year, across 65 varie…
Quinta Regadinha
A natural, family-run farm near Gouveia, in the Serra da Estrela, bringing life back to a hidden valley and producing organic products.
Vale do Rodrigo
A small permaculture farm in Ferreira do Zêzere. It uses no-dig, pesticide-free methods to produce weekly vegetable boxes, potted medicinal …
Quinta da Caria
Quinta da Caria is a pedagogical organic farm in Torres Vedras that grows biological aromatic herbs, fruit and vegetables using agroforestry…
Terra Sintrópica
Terra Sintrópica is a community-driven regeneration association in Mértola, Alentejo, working to restore semi-arid ecosystems through syntro…
Encosta do Paço
Encosta do Paço is a permaculture and environmental education project on a biodynamic wine estate near Arcos de Valdevez, in Minho, offering…
Quinta Vale Do Tourão
A 38-hectare organic farm in Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, run by the Lourenço family since the 1960s, produces almonds and sheep's milk and …
Monchique Homestead (Terra do Milho)
Monchique Homestead is a self-sufficient organic farm in the Serra de Monchique, Algarve, where a family grows vegetables and keeps chickens…
Terra Sã
Terra Sã is a Portuguese company in Covilhã specialising in organic, agro-ecological food products.
Salina Greens
Salina Greens produces certified organic halophyte plants and products made from them, such as salicornia, sea salt substitutes and infusion…
Quinta dos Sabores
Quinta dos Sabores is an organic farm on São Miguel, Azores, with a farm-to-table restaurant and cosy countryside accommodation. It combines…
Al-Bio – Associação Agroecológica do Algarve
Al-Bio is an association of organic farmers and agroecology advocates in the Algarve. It works to strengthen sustainable small and medium-sc…
Horta Cá de Casa
Horta Cá de Casa is a family-run ecological farm in the Azores that practises and teaches permaculture, syntropic farming and agroforestry o…
Vilar da Monteirinha
A family-led project in the village of Sonim, Trás-os-Montes, growing certified organic blueberries, strawberries and currants while regener…
The Landscape Farm
A 16-hectare organic farm in Ribatejo that produces more than 50 products, from olive oil and honey to wild herbs and vegetables, following …
Vivid Farms
Vivid Farms grows seasonal, certified organic vegetables and raises animals in living, nutrient-rich soil near Golegã and Santarém, using re…
Quinta Maravilha
Quinta Maravilha is an agroecological farm near Palmela, founded in 2017, that grows organic vegetables and distributes them through a CSA/A…
Sintropia Temperada
Sintropia Temperada is a regenerative farm in Palmela that grows food in syntropic agroforestry consortia while restoring soil and water cyc…
Quinta da Abelheira
An organic farm in Sobral da Abelheira, Portugal, selling fresh produce, honey, eggs and artisanal bread through an online shop and a physic…
Quinta do Sampayo
A family-owned wine estate in Cartaxo, in the Tejo region, with roots going back to 1718. On more than 90 hectares, Quinta do Sampayo combin…
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…
Peneda Eco Farm
A certified organic family farm and ecotourism project near the Peneda-Gerês National Park in northern Portugal, offering B&B accommodation,…
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 Comenda
A historic agro-wine farm in São Pedro do Sul, certified organic since 1987, offering rural tourism accommodation, nature activities and a S…
Quinta da Fornalha
Quinta da Fornalha is a 35-hectare organic farm in Castro Marim, Algarve, that combines regenerative agriculture, ecotourism, a farm restaur…
Keela Permaculture Farm
Keela Permaculture Farm is an off-grid, certified organic homestead of 18 hectares in Fundão, central Portugal, offering hands-on courses in…
Vale da Sarvinda
Vale da Sarvinda is an organic farm and sustainable business in Vila Velha de Ródão, combining biological production, renewable energy and w…
Atelier Terra Viva
Quinta Terra Viva is an agroecological farm in Baião growing a wide variety of certified organic seasonal vegetables, using soil regeneratio…
Herdade Monte Silveira
Herdade Monte Silveira is a farm of more than 700 hectares in Beira Baixa, practising certified organic and regenerative agriculture since 1…
Quinta Vale da Lama
Quinta Vale da Lama is a 43-hectare regenerative organic farm near Lagos. It produces certified organic fruit and vegetables and restores ec…
Herdade do Freixo do Meio
Herdade do Freixo do Meio is a protected agroecological estate at Montemor-o-Novo, Alentejo, combining organic food production, biodiversity…
Terramay
Terramay is a 560-hectare regenerative farm on the banks of the Alqueva reservoir in Alentejo. It produces nutrient-dense food without GMOs …
Várzea da Gonçala
Várzea da Gonçala is a 7.5-hectare permaculture smallholding near Aljezur in the western Algarve, developed over 18 years into a food forest…
Agroecology in Portugal
Agroecology treats a farm as an ecosystem rather than a production line: diverse crops, living soil, water kept on the land and knowledge that comes from the place itself. In Portugal it runs from family smallholdings to estates of several hundred hectares.
Herdade Monte Silveira farms around 700 hectares in Beira Baixa. Vale da Sarvinda is a family farm. Both sell direct, and the project pages show where direct sales are available.
Buying direct, volunteering at harvest, or taking a course are the three usual ways in, and each project page says which of them apply. Ask the farmer how they grow; that conversation tells you more than any label. See also the regenerative agriculture and permaculture focuses. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.