Gigantes Verdes — ancient oak forest, Lousada
PARTNERSHIP · VERDE ASSOCIAÇÃO · GIGANTES VERDES · LOUSADA, PORTUGAL

a meal that
ends in trees.

Verde maps Portugal's Gigantes Verdes — ancient oak trees over 1.5m in trunk circumference. Over 7,400 trees mapped in Lousada alone, with communities harvesting acorns from restored landscapes, stone-milled into acorn flour (farinha de bolota) by Landratech.

at venn, 3% of every acorn dish on the tasting menu goes back to oak-forest stewardship. the bread on your table is part of that loop.

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the collaboration protocol · signed Lousada, May 2025

every acorn dish funds an ancient tree.

Through our signed collaboration protocol with Verde Associação (Lousada, May 2025), a percentage of every acorn flour dish on the tasting menu at venn is donated directly to the preservation of ancient trees in Portugal.

3% of tasting menu revenue, when the menu includes acorn flour, goes directly to VERDE — used for large-tree preservation, new oak plantings, and the Gigantes Verdes mapping programme.

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3%
tasting menu revenue when acorn is on the menuof the tasting menu price, when it includes acorn flour dishes, donated directly to VERDE

the acorn loop.

Lousada forests · ancient oakscitizen science teams map trees, protect them, and facilitate community acorn harvest
Landratech stone millacorns cold-milled into acorn flour, replicating traditional stone-grinding
venn kitchen · Portoacorn flour in bread, pastry, miso, and savoury dishes throughout the winter menu
3% back to VERDEevery acorn dish sends revenue directly to oak-forest stewardship
new trees planted · old trees preservedthe forest grows. the loop continues.
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The loop only closes because a kitchen decided to be part of it.

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