Zeca Pagodinho becomes ambassador for urban farming in Brazil
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In Duque de Caxias, Brazil, the federal government appointed singer Zeca Pagodinho as Ambassador of Urban and Periurban Agriculture for donating land for a community garden.
The Xerém I Urban Garden, operating on 8,000 square meters of land provided by Pagodinho, produces food for approximately 10,000 vulnerable families in the Baixada Fluminense region.
The Instituto Zeca Pagodinho (IZP) manages the garden in partnership with the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, and Embrapa Agrobiology. From July 2025 to June 2026, the garden harvested two tons of food donated to the RJ Solidarity Kitchens Forum. Government officials visited the garden to formalize the partnership and announced plans to expand the project.
They will reforest an additional 13,000 square meters of land donated by Pagodinho and begin cultivating coffee and cacao.
