Circular Voices: Revealing the Real Impact of Circular Agriculture in Spain and Bulgaria
Circular Voices is a new pilot project led by AgriVentures (Bulgaria) and Alberizas (Spain), supported by the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) and the Circular Food Systems Network. The project aims to make circular agriculture more visible by documenting not only what circular practices look like, but why farmers choose them and how they deliver climate, economic, and social benefits.
Across Spain and Bulgaria, the project will map circular practices in sectors such as olive groves, pork production, citrus, wine, lavender, sunflower, cereals, and greenhouse systems.
Through participatory workshops, farmer-led storytelling, short video documentaries, and a visual learning toolkit, Circular Voices captures the practical trade-offs, challenges, and innovations that shape real-world circularity on farms.
The focus is on turning experiential knowledge into accessible narratives that help farmers communicate the value of their practices to peers, cooperatives, advisors, and policymakers.
The project aligns with the EU Circular Economy Action Plan and the FAO Climate-Smart Agriculture framework, contributing to wider efforts to accelerate adoption of circular and regenerative solutions across Europe.
As part of this initiative, the first Circular Voices Workshop will take place on 3 December in Sofia, bringing together farmers, innovators, and advisors to co-create stories, identify communication bottlenecks, and highlight strong circular practices that may be featured in the project’s videos and toolkit.
Circular Voices ultimately aims to strengthen the visibility, credibility, and transferability of circular solutions, supporting a more resilient and climate-smart food system.
Tags
Related Articles
Continue reading our latest insights and updates from the AgriVentures ecosystem.
Biotechnology, Agri-Inputs and Biosecurity: Why the Future of Farming Needs a Wider Conversation in Sofia
Agriculture is undergoing a quiet transformation. Genomic tools, precision biological solutions, and new generations of crop protection and plant nutrition products are changing what is possible in the field and along the whole food chain. At the same time, the same advances raise questions that the sector is only beginning to ask. Who controls the genetic resources and seeds we depend on? How do we manage biosecurity when biological agents and genomic technologies can be used for more than...
Where Agrifood Biotech and Research Funding Is Actually Going in 2026
Basic research doesn't fund itself, and in agrifood, the gap between a promising lab result and a fundable project often comes down to knowing which of a dozen overlapping EU programmes to approach first. Food safety science, biotech platforms, and multi-country research consortia each follow their own funding logic, and 2026 has brought fresh calls across all three. Two Live Examples Worth Studying Safe-Agri, one of AgriVentures' active projects, is reinforcing the security assessment...
VerAgro launches a free self-assessment to help farms measure - and improve - their sustainability
"How sustainable is your farm?" It's a question most producers can answer instinctively, but rarely with hard numbers. A new Bulgarian startup wants to change that. VerAgro, a Bulgaria-based agtech startup, has launched a free online self-assessment that gives farms and processors a clear, structured picture of where they stand on sustainability — and what to do next. A 20-minute check-up for your farm The tool works like a health check-up for your operation. Farmers and processors answer 57...
A New Door Is Opening for Bulgarian Farmers and Agri-Innovators - And It's Fully Funded
For years, the biggest barrier between Bulgarian agriculture and Europe's most advanced farms hasn't been ambition. It's been access — to the right rooms, the right people, and the budget to get there. AgriVentures' new Missions program was built to remove exactly that barrier, and it does it in a way few programs in the region ever have: by covering the full cost of getting Bulgarian farmers, entrepreneurs, scientists, and companies in front of Europe's leading agri-food innovators. If you...
Inside projects.agriventures.co: Your Gateway to EU AgriFood Innovation
AgriVentures has launched projects.agriventures.co, a dedicated portal that brings the full portfolio of our EU-funded initiatives into one place. Where agriventures.co connects agrifood innovators with funding, the Projects site shows what happens next: the live programmes, Living Lab pilots, and network activity that funding makes possible. Here's what you'll find on the site — and how each part of our community can put it to work. A Live Portfolio of EU Projects The homepage opens with our...
Understanding Biomass Flows in Europe: A €6M Horizon Europe Call Agrifood Founders Shouldn't Miss
A question we've been getting a lot lately, including from our own LinkedIn community, is some version of: "Can my startup actually apply for this, and how?" This time it's about Understanding biomass flows in Europe (HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-05), a Horizon Europe call with a total budget of €6,000,000 that opened on 17 April 2026 and closes on 17 September 2026. It's exactly the kind of opportunity worth breaking down properly, because the honest answer is "yes, but not the way most...
Never Miss an Update
Join our community to receive the latest insights, funding opportunities, and industry news from AgriVentures.