Following the success of our first community kitchen, we opened a second one in the Orriols neighborhood. We aim for users to rotate through the program, empowering them and supporting their job search so that, after approximately one year, they no longer need the community kitchen service, allowing new opportunities for others who also require support.

Sowing Seeds is a project that continues to grow each year thanks to increasing interest from educational centers. The contribution it makes and the knowledge it provides have helped establish it as an ideal project for primary education. Children are the future, and contributing to their knowledge is key to their development.

Financing projects related to regenerative agriculture such as soil improvement, biodiversity or water use efficiency.

Improve livelihoods.

Reduce greenhouse gases and increase your productivity

Project challenges:

Food surplus due to strict market demands on farmers. Inefficiency in the handling and transportation of food. Inefficient performance of bio-based food packaging. Unsustainable marketing practices by retailers and/or wholesalers. Misinterpretation of labels, expiration date exceeded.

Summary and results:

• Production: Development of an innovative “Short Chain Platform” for electronic commerce, unique in Europe – Regioneo
• Logistics: Two containers with improvements in design and with the incorporation of sensors that provide the best atmospheric conditions for each product.
• Processing: SISTERS will produce bio-based materials with innovative processes to improve the performance of two types of packaging: film and rigid.
• Marketing: Guide with ten practices/rules for wholesalers and retailers in the implementation of their packaging activities.
• Consumption: New way of labeling to create greater consumer awareness, but above all to provide relevant information to achieve the correct storage and treatment of the product. It consists of a QR code with inks that do not affect the biodegradability or compostability of the containers developed.

Finca Barros Biodiversity Project (area: 425 Ha)

Summary: We have carried out all the agronomic techniques and practices that help us achieve a more Environmentally Sustainable Olive Farming model, to achieve a reduction in the use of phytosanitary products and water consumption, promoting Biodiversity with different actions .

Results:

• Balance between populations of auxiliary insects and pests
• Natural pest control
• Reduction in phytosanitary use
• Increase in soil OM
• Reinforcement of soil biological activity
• Lower incidence of diseases caused by soil parasites
• Conservation and regulation of soil and water resources
• Mineral fertilizer reduction
• Higher productivity, sustainable in the long term

Finca la Corchuela Functional Biodiversity Project: (area 650 Ha)

Summary: “Version 4.0” of the previous one, developing the concept of functional Biodiversity, diversifying crops, not only olive groves but also citrus and almond trees, applying the acquired experience and continuous learning.

Results: in implementation.

We have prepared technical reports on the conservation action plan on 6 of our farms, which has meant knowing the biodiversity that inhabits 740 hectares, that is, 65% of our crop area. Actions have been carried out to promote the conservation of the different species that inhabit our farms and thus achieve the maintenance of the biodiversity of our environment.

For this purpose, a new biodiversity action plan has also been created with objectives to be met over the next 3 years and we have achieved the certifications of the Global Gap BioDiversity Add-on and we are in the process of obtaining the LEAF certification.

A total of 1.42 tons of garbage and 165 tires were collected from the area where the waste collection march took place.

The awareness of all participants that the garbage corresponded mostly to urban waste and other activities that were not related to agricultural production. and the impact that this waste is making on the environment.

After the start of the BIODiversity Grow Program, in 2019, a total of 11 companies, with 31 agricultural farms and 2,300 ha of crops, have been supported in the transition process towards a more sustainable agriculture, in which cultural, biological and biotechnological pest control measures, against the use of chemical products, thus reducing the impact on the environment and on the health of consumers of these fruits and vegetables, and promoting biodiversity of both flora and fauna auxiliary in agroecosystems.

We currently have our carbon footprint inventory and our water footprint balance verified by an external entity. Our stakeholders can find our results, obtained during the last 3 campaigns, in the National Carbon Footprint Registry of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITERD).

We are in the process of approving a Climate Action Plan with objectives aligned with science, in which we include measures to reduce emissions to be carried out in the short, medium and long term.

It is also important to pay attention to our Annual Sustainability Reports, in which we present each year the evolutionary analysis of our social and environmental performance indicators.

Since we are measuring the carbon footprint, we have managed to reduce it by more than 50% by changing our production system to one that is more respectful of the environment. We are applying integrated control on the farm and reducing our consumption of water, electricity and fuel.

This technology allows us to predict the harvest in nectarine, table grape and pomegranate with precision to reduce production and manufacturing costs. It also provides us with interesting agronomic indices to be able to act on the crop and improve the quality of the fruit.

Interdisciplinary community space with multiple interest groups represented in search of solutions for the eradication of settlements in the Region. Participation in the Municipal Housing Plan, pilot project for action in settlements, request for emergency aid for settlements

Espacio comunitario interdisciplinar con múltiples grupos de interés representados en busca de soluciones para la erradicación de asentamientos en la Comarca. Participación en el Plan Municipal de Vivienda, proyecto piloto de actuación en asentamientos y solicitud de ayudas de emergencia para asentamientos.