João Rodrigues, founder Projecto Matéria
"The greatest wealth of any people or culture is people
This is about the pig and its derivatives made in Zambujal, in the hills of the Algarve. At the head of the project are two brothers who, after the long wait for each animal to reach the right age, proceed to slaughter and cutting, and later making products that, just by reading, “make your mouth water”.
Why the prickly pear cactus? The choice is based on climate change. "We are striving towards a desert. If there are plants that survive in more adverse conditions, especially in periods of water shortage, are the cactus,"
Our focus are the producers that are passionately committed with what they do. They are the keepers of the land, well fare and knowledge. They are the ones who will make all of this endure through time.
The sea is everything for António Marques. His profession as a fisherman brought him knowledge about the generosity of the salt waters of the Atlantic, a wisdom that is currently applied at Mecomar Mariscos and shared with the brothers Sandra and Mário André Marques.
Heathers (Erica sp.) predominate in the flora of the mountainous region of Barroso, in the north of the country, and “provide a good development of bee colonies”, explains Albano Álvares, CAPOLIB’s president - Cooperativa Agro Rural de Boticas, giving rise to darker honey than usual.