Today is International Family Farming Day, July 25. Family farming is responsible for the majority of the world’s food production, and in Brazil it produces 40 percent of agricultural products using only 25 percent of farmlands (source: FAO). Besides its importance for local rural economy, family farming causes less environmental damages, which led FAO to…
Site Launch
Instituto Fazenda São Pedro’s website was officially launched yesterday, on June 29, 2017, Feast of Saint Peter, after whom the institute and the farm are named after. The website is integrated with an online store and blog, besides information on our projects and the institute itself. It is a channel to share and interact with…
Opening Ceremony
Instituto Fazenda São Pedro was officially launched on December 8th, 2015, in a closed ceremony with of our mentors Luis Octávio and Maria Zuleika. Each member of our team received a blessing from the mentor, which was then followed by a general blessing to our project and the deliver of the model that represents the…