Projecto Matéria
Projecto Matéria is a Portuguese non-profit platform, founded in 2016 by chef João Rodrigues and Vânia Rodrigues, that celebrates and connec…
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
Graneleiro de Janas
Graneleiro de Janas is a community storage and distribution space for local agroecological produce, located within the Janas Ecovillage in S…
Quinta Maravilha
Quinta Maravilha is an agroecological farm near Palmela, Portugal, that grows organic produce and distributes it through a community-support…
Fruta Feia CRL
Fruta Feia CRL is a Portuguese cooperative founded in November 2013 that rescues 'ugly' fruits and vegetables from going to waste, distribut…
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