Where it comes from
Roots & Regions connects small producers from the Alentejo with people who want to know where their products come from. Three stories - told just as they are.
The stone mill
Fritz lives near São Marcos in the south of Portugal. He found a millstone in the riverbed and used it to build his own stone mill.
Each milling takes around four hours and uses a slow, cold process. The oil it produces is deep and nutty. In the evenings Fritz plays the cello, and he is also a winemaker.
“A home-built mill, four hours per batch.”
São Marcos, Alentejo, Portugal.
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Casa Oliveira
Jan, Sandra and their son Tiago look after 220 Galega olive trees on two hectares by the Rio Mira. They have lived on the land for four years - a family of three doing the work together.
Galega is the mild variety: gentle and rounded, for every day. On bread, in salads, for cooking.
“220 trees, a family by the river, a mild everyday oil.”
Rio Mira, Alentejo, Portugal.
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The beekeeper
Our honey comes from bees that live in a reforestation project in the Alentejo - bees that are rebuilding a forest.
Nothing added, nothing heated. 320 g, pure, in a jar.
“The honey is a by-product of something good.”
Alentejo, Portugal.
View Alentejo HoneyHandmade olive oil soap: poured at Vagarosa Ranch, cured for three to four weeks, wrapped in kraft paper. Plain with coconut, with finely ground almonds or with Alentejo honey.
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