João Rodrigues, founder Projecto Matéria
"The greatest wealth of any people or culture is people
This huge and historic estate in the heart of the Alentejo, between Portel and Vidigueira is the main office of Sociedade Agrícola Vale das Dúvidas, which makes the best possible use of its almost 500 hectares of extension, always respecting the environmental balance, that doesn’t need any chemical products.
João Ferreira is still from the time when the curd was a common use that many families gave to the leftovers of milk, which, at that time, was purchased directly from producers or dairy women. “As it was often lacking, nothing was wasted,” he says.
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.
Pedro Capela studies mushrooms since the time he attended the Escola Superior Agrária de Ponte de Lima. This was followed by the inventory and, now on its own, production and commercialization, this time with the creation of FungiFresh.
Like many others from Trás-os-Montes, António Martins was born in a humble house where subsistence farming was practiced.