The Quinta Project
The Quinta Project is a queer permaculture farm and ecovillage in the São Mamede mountains, growing food, regenerating land, and hosting vol…
Composting
LIPOR composts at municipal scale near Porto, while NÃM Mushroom Farm turns used coffee grounds into food and compost. Farms also close the loop by returning organic material to the soil.
Projects in this focus
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…
Monte da Vaquinha
Monte da Vaquinha is a family-run regenerative farm in Moura, Alentejo, practicing holistic cattle grazing and agroecology while also operat…
Terramay
Terramay is a 560-hectare regenerative farm on the banks of the Alqueva reservoir in Alentejo, producing honest, nutrient-dense food without…
Composting in Portugal
Portuguese soils are typically low in organic matter, and the summer burns off what little there is. Compost is the cheapest answer to both problems, which is why it is one of the first systems a land project sets up here.
The scales differ enormously. LIPOR composts the organic waste of Greater Porto. NÃM Mushroom Farm grows gourmet mushrooms on Lisbon coffee grounds and composts the spent substrate. Várzea da Gonçala and Aldeia do Vale do it at smallholding scale, and Carbon Conscious Creations turns the woody fraction into biochar instead.
Separate collection is now obligatory for municipalities, so household habits and public policy meet directly here. See also food waste reduction, organic farming and regenerative agriculture. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.