Bruga
Bruga is a Portuguese urban planting brand dedicated to helping people grow their own food at home, turning ordinary gardens into edible, pr…
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
Horta do Pé Descalço is a small-scale organic market garden in Caldas da Rainha producing thousands of kilos of diverse vegetables per year …
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…
Vale da Sarvinda
Vale da Sarvinda is a holistic organic farm and sustainable business located in Vila Velha de Ródão, integrating biological production, rene…
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.
Where these projects are
- Alentejo04
- Centro04
- Lisbon04
- Algarve02