The Alok Institute made an aliance (2021) with the Solano Trindade Agency (Campo Limpo – SP) to support projects that link the field and the periphery.The Agency’s work aims to encourage the generation of income for family farming producers and the democratization of access to organic and agro-ecological food, on the outskirts of São Paulo, starting with the South Zone.
The World Health Organization calls “food deserts” regions of the city where people need to walk more than 400 meters to find fresh and unprocessed food. Unlike upscale neighborhoods, where there is a lot of fruit, vegetables and vegetables on the outskirts of large urban centers, places that sell fresh food are rare.
Initiatives:
Organic food eCommerce WhatsApp
WhatsApp channel with the objective of selling food to all social classes. This action has rural producers and young people from the periphery who carry out all the logistics for delivering the products (by bicycle, motorcycle, car and truck).
Distribution Centers
Implementing distribution centers in the peripheral region of São Paulo. In August, the institution opened the Armazém Organicamente (Organic Center), located at Av. Cantos do Amanhecer, 100 – Jardim Eledy, south of the city
Sharing flavors and knowledge
Performing lives recorded directly from Nice Aunt’s kitchen, which is located at Agency Popular Solano Trindade. They are classes on Integral Reuse of PANCS Food: From Quintais das Favelas to Quintais do Mundo (backyards from the slums to the backyards of the world). The culinary classes are taught by important chefs: David Herts, Edson Leite, Lucia and Tia Nice.
Conscious consumption and fair trade
Bringing together rural producers and customers from the urban periphery, by curating products such as cheese, artisan salami, shimeji, artisan bread, artisan beer, artisan liquor, and even personal well-being, health, and fashion products.
