Miguel de Sousa Bento guides visits, lends a hand in the stable, manages social media, guides the goat cheese workshops, in between makes coffees and perhaps even sells a few bags of Rio Maior salt or a few jars of honey. “I’m a local development technician and there’s a lot that can be done here,” he smiles. He is 29 years old and from a young age he realized that he was an “entrepreneur”. He studied until the 12th year, then emigrated. First to Switzerland, then to Poland, where he opened a barbershop in Warsaw. About two years ago, he contacted Cooperativa Terra Chã to find out if there would be any possibility of working there.
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