ALGAplus
ALGAplus is a Portuguese company in Ílhavo that has farmed organic seaweed on land since 2012, using an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture…
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
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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, …
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…
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 …
Terra Sã
Terra Sã is a Portuguese company in Covilhã specialising in organic, agro-ecological food products.
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…
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…
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…
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.