Fundación Entretantos

What Fundación Entretantos does

Fundación Entretantos is a state-level non-governmental organization headquartered in Valladolid, Spain (Arzobispo José Delicado 1, 47014), operating as a non-profit foundation focused on the intersection of agroecology, extensive livestock farming and pastoralism, wildfire prevention, commons governance, and rural-urban food systems. Founded around 2015, the foundation serves ecological and agroecological producers, extensive livestock farmers, rural communities, and local and regional public administrations across more than thirteen Spanish autonomous communities including Castile and León, Extremadura, Galicia, Andalusia, Catalonia, and the Canary Islands. Its work centers on participatory methodologies, social mediation, and the co-construction of knowledge with rural actors.

The foundation's portfolio comprises seven interconnected programs. The RIA-CCC (Red de Innovación y Asesoramiento en Canales Cortos de Comercialización) is a statewide network (April 2025–June 2026) with a digital collaboration platform hosting more than 80 identified advisors and 350+ participants. The MPA (Movimiento de Productores y Productoras Ecológicos y por la Agroecología) coordinates 13 producer organizations from distinct Spanish territories. Other programs include the Forest Fire Prevention Forum (webinars and collective deliberation with 100+ participants per session), La Vera nos Alimenta (comarca-level food strategy in Extremadura including Comedores que hacen comarca), Mesas que Nutren (school canteen reform reaching approximately 40,000 students in Castile and León), Somos Comuneras (women commons guardians network), and the annual Territorios Pastoreados conference series, now in its ninth edition.

The foundation operates on a grant-and-subsidy revenue model with no commercial product sales. Funding derives from European Union mechanisms (FEADER funds through the CAP Strategic Plan, 43% co-financing of RIA-CCC at €144,475.91), the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO), the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), and foundations such as the European Climate Foundation and Fundación Carasso. Its go-to-market motion is event-driven and network-driven — conferences, webinars, jornadas, and multi-stakeholder convening rather than traditional sales channels. Revenue figures and detailed budget data are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Fundación Entretantos

Legal name

Fundación Entretantos

Website

https://entretantos.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fundación Entretantos is a state-level Spanish non-profit foundation that convenes rural communities, agroecological producers, and public administrations through participatory programs spanning food systems, extensive livestock farming, wildfire prevention, and commons governance across 13+ Spanish autonomous communities.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Development and Agroecology Non-Profit Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Community Food Services (624210), Civic and Social Organizations (8134), Business Associations (81391)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (BPAGAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems & Land Management (BPADALAG), Food Security, Agriculture & Nutrition Aid Programs (BPADABAD), Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH), Nutrition Governance, Policy & Coordination (SUN, National Plans) (BPADAJAL), Agriculture, Farming & AgriTech Shows Organizers (THAHABAM)

Keywords

• Agroecological transition programs
• Extensive livestock pastoralism
• Wildfire prevention research
• Rural development networks
• Commons governance advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Valladolid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Subsidies and Grants: Fundación Entretantos operates primarily on public funding, receiving subsidies and grants from government bodies including the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (Ministerio de Transición Ecológica y Reto Demográfico), the Agenda 2030 programme, and co-financing from the European Union through the CAP Strategic Plan (FEADER funds managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food). Project RIA-CCC, for example, was 43% co-financed by the EU for a total of €144,475.91. The foundation also receives financing from the European Climate Foundation for specific initiatives such as the MPA movement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Fundación Entretantos is a state-level Spanish NGO foundation (headquartered in Valladolid) that coordinates projects, networks, conferences, and participatory processes in agroecology, extensive livestock farming and pastoralism, wildfire prevention, commons governance, and rural-urban connection. Its portfolio includes programs such as RIA-CCC (advisory network for short commercialization channels, April 2025–June 2026), MPA movement (13 producer territories), La Vera nos Alimenta (territorial food system), Mesas que Nutren (school canteen reform), Somos Comuneras, the Foro para la Prevención de Incendios Forestales, and the annual Territorios Pastoreados conference. Activities are delivered through field-based direct engagement, multi-stakeholder convening, and digital project platforms, funded by public grants from MITECO, MAPA/EU-FEADER, Agenda 2030, and partner foundations.

Product overview

Fundación Entretantos is a state-level Spanish NGO that functions as a project and initiative coordinator rather than a software product company. Its portfolio consists of seven interconnected programs: the Forum for Forest Fire Prevention (social participation in fire prevention), La Vera nos Alimenta (territorial food systems and canteen transformation), RIA-CCC (advisory network for short commercialization channels with a digital platform), the MPA movement (collective advocacy for agroecological producers), Somos Comuneras (women's network for commons), Mesas que nutren (school canteen transformation in Castilla y León), and the annual Territorios Pastoreados conference series. These programs operate as semi-independent initiatives with shared thematic focus on agroecology, extensive livestock farming, and sustainable food systems.

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Problem solved

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Brands

• La Vera Nos Alimenta: Project focused on transforming public canteens in La Vera comarca toward healthy and sustainable diets with local, seasonal food from local producers.
• RIA-CCC
• Somos Comuneras
• Foro para la Prevención de Incendios Forestales
• Mesas que Nutren
• Territorios Pastoreados

Products and services

• RIA-CCC — Red de Innovación y Asesoramiento en Canales Cortos de Comercialización A statewide network and collaborative digital platform providing advisory services to strengthen short commercialization channels for agroecological and organic producers in Spain, including a professional directory, document repository, and exchange spaces. Targeted at small and medium agroecological producer associations and CCC advisors, with EU/FEADER co-financing administered by MAPA.
• La Vera nos Alimenta A territorial food system and comarca-level initiative promoting agroecology, local food procurement for public canteens, and short commercialization circuits in the La Vera region of Extremadura, including the Comedores que hacen comarca public canteen transformation project and annual jornadas. Targeted at municipalities, public canteens, local producers, and rural communities in the La Vera comarca.
• Foro para la Prevención Integral de los Incendios Forestales A multi-stakeholder collective deliberation and coordination platform addressing wildfire prevention in Spain through social participation, dialogue, and community engagement. It organizes thematic webinars (IV and V webinarios on directed grazing, social intervention, participatory self-protection) and produces resources on fire prevention strategies. Targeted at rural communities, extensive livestock farmers, environmental agents, researchers, and public administrations.
• MPA — Movimiento de Productores y Productoras Ecológicos y por la Agroecología A collective movement of ecological and agroecological producer organizations from 13 Spanish territories (ValleEcolid, Unión de Huertas Agroecológicas de Madrid, Red Agroecológica de Granada, APAEMA, Baserritar Bilgunea, Sindicato Labrego Galego, Horta Cuina, Xuntanza Campesina, Mincha d'Aquí, Ekoalde, COAG Canarias, Cooperativa Agroecológica de Montaña, APACAT) for collective advocacy on agricultural and food policies at local, regional, and state levels. The foundation provides governance frameworks, strategic planning, adhesion protocols, and policy advocacy support.
• Mesas que Nutren A platform transforming public school canteens in Castilla y León toward a healthy, sustainable, and local model, prioritizing proximity products (km 0), on-site kitchens, and seasonal menus. Serves approximately 40,000 students in public schools and educational centers (residencias, centros de día, colegios, escuelas infantiles), with the foundation providing technical assistance and specialized training.
• Somos Comuneras A network of women guardians of commons (comunales and bienes comunales) working to strengthen women's voices, networks, and proposals related to communal land management and defense in Castilla y León and broader rural Spain. Targeted at women comuneras, commons governance actors, and rural communities.
• Territorios Pastoreados — Annual National Conference Series An annual national conference series on extensive livestock farming and pastoralism organized in collaboration with PGEP (Plataforma por la Ganadería Extensiva y el Pastoralismo), bringing together pastoralists, researchers, conservationists, and public administrations. The 9th edition (TP9) took place in June 2026 in Granada and gathered 200 experts from more than 30 countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• The RIA-CCC project identified over 80 CCC-specialized advisors across Spain, with 54 active profiles on its collaborative platform, and engaged more than 350 participants across 13 events covering 11+ autonomous communities.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GIASAT Consortium (Gestión Integral Agroecológica de los Sistemas Alimentarios Territorializados)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020GIASAT is a consortium created in 2020 and comprising six entities: Centro de Estudios Agrarios y de Agricultura Internacional (CERAI), Fundación Entretantos, Cooperativa Germinando, Instituto de Sociología y Estudios Campesinos de la Universidad de Córdoba (ISEC), Plant On Demand, and Menjadors Ecològics. The consortium supports the creation and consolidation of Agroecological Distribution Centers (CAD), offering strategic advisory services to small and medium local producers and agri-food SMEs, and developing social and technological innovations for territorialized food systems.
• Fundación Pau CostacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación Pau Costa collaborates with Fundación Entretantos on wildfire prevention, particularly through the project Ramats de Foc (Rebaños de Fuego/Fire Herds), which uses directed grazing by livestock to reduce vegetation fuel loads in strategic wildfire prevention areas. The foundation participated in TP9 (Territorios Pastoreados 9) as a collaborating entity.
• Observatorio Campo GrandecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Observatory is a co-organizer of the V Jornaes de Participación Social y Diálogo para la Coexistencia de la Ganadería Extensiva y el Lobo Ibérico, held at CENEAM (Valsaín, Segovia). This partnership enables the foundation to address the conflict between extensive livestock farming and wolf conservation through structured dialogue and multi-stakeholder consensus building.
• Plataforma por la Ganadería Extensiva y el Pastoralismo (PGEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation co-organizes the annual Territorios Pastoreados conference series with PGEP, consolidating it as the national reference event for extensive livestock farming. PGEP also runs the Mapa de Ganaderías Extensivas Certificadas (Map of Certified Extensive Farms) and represents extensive livestock farmers in policy discussions. The foundation contributes technical expertise and coordination capacity.
• Movimiento de Productores y Productoras Ecológicos y por la Agroecología (MPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe MPA is a collective movement of ecological and agroecological producer organizations from 13 Spanish territories, formed through a collective declaration process coordinated by the foundation. The foundation provides organizational support, logistical coordination (through CSIC and European Climate Foundation financing), and strategic accompaniment to the movement's governance development and policy advocacy.
• CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) / Estación Experimental del ZaidíncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSIC, through its Estación Experimental del Zaidín in Granada, collaborates as a co-organizer of TP9 (Territorios Pastoreados 9) and participates in the MPA movement's strategic development. The foundation collaborates with CSIC researchers on agroecological research, wildfire prevention methodologies, and food systems governance.
• Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA) — Government of SpaincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe RIA-CCC project is 43% co-financed by the European Union through the CAP Strategic Plan (FEADER funds managed by MAPA). The Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural, Innovación y Formación Agroalimentaria hosted the first part of the RIA-CCC State Seminar in Madrid. The foundation engages with the ministry on agricultural policy, short supply chains, and rural development.
• Universidad de CantabriaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Universidad de Cantabria, through researcher Javier Jiménez, collaborated with Fundación Oso Pardo on the project 'Una responsabilidad compartida' addressing wildfire prevention in the Cantabrian Mountain range. The foundation facilitated the research framework as part of the wildfire prevention forum activities.
• Feitoría VerdeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeitoría Verde, through technician Miguel Pardellas, participated in the V webinario on social intervention in wildfire prevention, presenting the Batefogo project in Galicia — an initiative combining wildfire prevention with rural economic and social revitalization. The foundation convenes these actors within the wildfire prevention forum.
• Centro de Desarrollo Rural (CDR) El PrialminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDR El Prial in Asturias developed research on participatory models and environmental education practices in wildfire prevention in rural Asturias, led by Verónica Sánchez. This work was presented within the foundation's wildfire prevention forum, contributing methodological insights on the social dimensions of fire management.
• Fundación Oso PardominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation partnered with Fundación Oso Pardo on the 'Una responsabilidad compartida' project addressing wildfire prevention in Cantabrian bear territory. This initiative linked the conservation of an endangered species (the Cantabrian brown bear) — which depends on well-conserved forest and agro-forest landscapes — with wildfire prevention governance frameworks.
• EU4Advice and COREnet (European AKIS networks)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe RIA-CCC project developed its methodology and content in dialogue with European AKIS networks EU4Advice and COREnet, which focus on strengthening agricultural advisory services. This connection provides the foundation's network with international knowledge exchange and methodological validation.
• Red de Municipios por la AgroecologíacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation is an active participant in the Red de Municipios por la Agroecología, a network of Spanish municipalities committed to agroecological food policies. The network's next major gathering is the Encuentro de la Red de Municipios por la Agroecología in November 2026 in El Prat de Llobregat. The foundation contributes technical expertise on local food systems and public catering reform.
• La Vera nos Alimenta — AsociacióncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe association La Vera nos Alimenta, co-founded and technically supported by the foundation, drives the comarca-level food strategy in La Vera (Extremadura). The foundation co-organizes annual jornadas and the Comedores que hacen comarca project within this framework, with the Association Vera Composta as a key partner on composting and circular economy initiatives.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Fundación Carasso: Spanish philanthropic foundation financing sustainable food systems, rural development, and agroecology — comparable in thematic domain but operating as a funder rather than implementer; a co-financier of Entretantos's Ramats de Foc project and GIASAT consortium.

Emerging players

• GRAIN: International NGO supporting small-scale farmers and social movements in agroecology and food sovereignty — comparable in thematic focus (agroecology, seed systems, food sovereignty) and advocacy posture, though operating globally rather than nationally.
• Food Tank: International food systems think tank focused on sustainable agriculture, agroecology, and food policy — comparable mission in food systems transformation and convening/communications-led approach, though with a more research-and-media orientation than Entretantos's field-based model.

Direct peers

• Fundación Oso Pardo: Spanish foundation dedicated to brown bear conservation with significant overlap in extensive livestock-wildlife coexistence, rural territory management, and EU policy advocacy — a direct project partner of Entretantos on the 'Una responsabilidad compartida' wildfire-bear coexistence project.
• CERAI (Centro de Estudios Agrarios y de Agricultura Internacional): Spanish agroecology-focused NGO working on sustainable food systems, rural development, and agricultural policy — directly comparable to Entretantos in mission, geography, and stakeholder base. CERAI is also a co-founding member of the GIASAT consortium with Entretantos.
• Plataforma por la Ganadería Extensiva y el Pastoralismo (PGEP): Spanish state-level platform dedicated to extensive livestock farming and pastoralism advocacy — a direct peer in the same thematic domain (extensive livestock, CAP policy, ecosystem services) and a co-organizer of the Territorios Pastoreados annual conference with Entretantos.

Broad incumbents

• IFOAM Organics International: Global umbrella organization for the organic agriculture movement, including agroecology and short supply chains — comparable in thematic domain and convening role, but at international scale with a much broader membership base.
• SEO/BirdLife: Spain's leading bird and biodiversity conservation NGO, with significant overlap in agroecology, extensive livestock advocacy, and rural habitat management — a broader-scope peer that operates as a Spanish environmental incumbent.
• Ecologistas en Acción: Large Spanish confederation of environmental groups with overlapping concerns in rural sustainability, wildfire prevention, and commons governance. Operates across a much broader portfolio than Entretantos and serves as a broad-incumbent environmental peer.
• WWF Spain: Spanish arm of the global environmental organization, active in sustainable agriculture, food systems, and rural development — comparable in mission area but with substantially greater scale, funding base, and international profile than Entretantos.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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