Horta do Pé Descalço
Horta do Pé Descalço is a small-scale organic market garden in Caldas da Rainha producing thousands of kilos of diverse vegetables per year …
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
Vale do Rodrigo
Vale do Rodrigo is a small-scale permaculture farm in Ferreira do Zêzere producing weekly vegetable boxes, potted medicinal plants, and herb…
Projeto A Nossa Terra
Projeto A Nossa Terra is a multi-generational family project in the Leiria/Pombal/Figueira da Foz region of Portugal, practicing regenerativ…
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.