New Entrant netWork: Business models for Innovation
On the 11th October 19 farmers, researchers, and local and general administration came together in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, to discuss the statute of “family farming”. This statute was created in Portugal in 2019 to benefit small farmers that are often not contemplated or eligible to other forms of support. The meeting focused the admission requirements, that […]
The Portuguese Newbie team organized a national visit to different initiatives and projects of interest, instead of the programmed international exchange due to logistic constraints from the pandemic. The visit took place between the 14-15 July and we were joined by a Bulgarian delegation of four. The two-day program aimed to get to know different […]
Newbie Exchange in Portugal in July 2021 This article will report on the international exchange by the Bulgarian Newbie team to our Portuguese Newbie team. Topics included: local policy and best practices in short food supply chains and new entrant support This summer the University of Evora organized a national visit to the region Idanya-a-Nova […]
Afonso Pereira and Marieke Devillé are the winners of the last edition of the Portuguese Newbie competition for new entrants, with their company Alma Organica. Having lived abroad for some years, they decided to move back to Portugal and settled in Odemira, Alentejo with a project focused on sustainability, agrotourism and valorisation of local resources. […]
The Portuguese Newbie business Amor é Cego started from João Rosado’s desire to maintain the traditional olive grove that has been cared by his grandfather for over 60 years. With no intent to increase production, a main concern was to secure income to cover the costs of maintaining the farm. Their business strategy focused on […]
The Km0 Alentejo initiative’s consortium led by the University of Evora met on the 25th September to review annual progress in developing local value chains that can foster economic development and encourage new forms of sustainable farm businesses in the region. The initiative aims to bring together all actors of the food system through a […]
