João Rodrigues, founder Projecto Matéria
"The greatest wealth of any people or culture is people
He started almost 20 years ago, before he was a farmer. Today he wants nothing else, he feels at home in that space. He doesn't plant wheat, he doesn't need to — farmers in the region bring theirs to grind and when there's more, it's already turned into flour.
Like many others from Trás-os-Montes, António Martins was born in a humble house where subsistence farming was practiced.
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.
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.
For Irene Cubo, animals are far more important than sleep.