Agricultural service companies · Spain
CT Cultures Trobades
A Catalonia-based initiative documenting and conserving traditional crop varieties, including olives, grapevines, and vegetables.
About CT Cultures Trobades
Preserving traditional crops
CT Cultures Trobades works to recover and conserve traditional agricultural varieties. Its work centers on locating, cataloging, and sharing knowledge about older crops, with particular attention to olives, grapevines, and vegetables. The organization maintains an annual seed catalog and offers sponsorships for native breeds such as the Catalan goat.
Projects and resources
- Seed catalog: It publishes annual catalogs; the source profile listed editions for 2024, 2025, and 2026.
- Variety surveys: It locates and documents olive trees and other species in municipalities such as Camarasa and Àger, recording botanical traits including vigor, growth habit, and leaf and fruit shape.
- Animal sponsorship: Its sponsorship program includes native breeds such as the Catalan goat.
- Online store: It sells related products; the source profile suggests these may include seeds and derived products.
- Olive and grapevine recovery: Specific projects focus on restoring traditional olive trees and vineyards.
Online presence
CT Cultures Trobades lists its website as culturestrobades.cat. The source profile also identifies a presence on Twitter (@ctrobades) and a Facebook group.
In brief
Traditional seeds, crop biodiversity, olive and grapevine conservation, and native breeds