Bruga
Bruga is a Portuguese urban planting brand that helps people grow their own food at home and turn ordinary gardens into productive, edible s…
Food Sovereignty
Communities taking back control of what they eat: the food-rescue co-op Fruta Feia, the collective grocery Colmeia in the Alentejo, and agroecological estates like Terra Sintrópica. Food as a right, not just a product.
Projects in this focus
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…
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 …
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…
Food sovereignty in Portugal
Food sovereignty is the question of who decides (what gets grown, at what price, on whose land) rather than simply where the food comes from. In a country where a handful of chains control most of the retail shelf, that question has teeth.
Fruta Feia built a co-op around produce the market rejects. Colmeia Cooperativa da Terra and Regenerativa organise buying and land collectively in the Alentejo. Terra Sintrópica works with a whole municipality around Mértola, and Azeitão Eco-consciente does the neighbourhood version near Setúbal.
Where the model is membership-based, joining is the participation. Related focuses: CSA, local and seasonal produce and cooperatives and collectives; assemblies and open days show up on our events calendar.