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Celebrating Diversity and Abundance
لنحتفل بالخيرات و الوفرة Harvest festivals celebrate abundance and liberty in the broadest sense.

Harvest Festival Marrakech draws on the tradition, present in many parts of the world, of holding an annual celebration around the time of the main harvest, which varies from place to place. Beyond the historical bounty of food and seasonal break from agricultural work, they have evolved to embrace a sense of community and a recognition of diversity. Harvest Festival emphasises the “local”: agroec

ology, biodiversity, culture and gastronomy performed and produced in the Marrakech-Safi region and beyond. As a collective endeavour, its success depends on a coordinated but autonomous effort of many community members and partners.

29/07/2026

Looking back at Tiwizi Table, hosted and designed by Um Mami by Melting Pot as part of Tiwizi Week 2026.

On a surprisingly cool late June evening in Marrakech, we came together for a summer evening of collective dining on Um Mami's Sidi Ghanem rooftop.

In the spirit of the Amazigh practice of Tiwizi - collective work towards a shared goal or mission - Um Mami by Melting Pot designed an event and menu comprised of the different dishes created by farmersmarrakech and Mimti for Tiwizi week as well as traditional recipes from participating cooperatives Coopérative Imin Taddrte and Taitmatine, alongside Um Mami by Melting Pot own designed dishes including crudités working in Gary Martin veggies.

The evening was a nourishing reflection on the collective role the culinary world plays in supporting rural producers and heritage and opening up our minds to how we can work with these in our contemporary cuisine.

We are really grateful to everyone who made this possible, and who joined us to taste the care, attention and creativity layered onto everyone's offerings.

Thank you deeney_aquila for these perfect captures of the night!

20/07/2026

Last but never least — Tiwizi week's first edition is officially wrapped, but we couldn't let our collaborators go unsung, especially Mimti.

Mimti has long been one of the key players shaping Morocco's sustainable, conscious food scene, and we see a long future of collaborations and co-thinking with them around changing our food systems.

27/02/2026

Visions of Spring in our High Atlas landscapes

💮🌸February 24 marked the end of the winter season according to the Moroccan agricultural calendar.🌸💮

Like the other seasons, winter is composed of seven M’nazel (plural of Menzla), each lasting 13 days with the exception of one summer Menzla, L’Jebha, which lasts 14 days.

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According to this calendar, winter begins on November 26th with a menzla called Sa‘ad Ech’choula. Farmers say about this period:
"إذا جاء المطر في الشولة وجد المطاير للعولة",
meaning “If it rains during Ech’choula, make sure you have enough storage space for the harvest.”

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Winter ends with Sa‘ad El Khbiya on February 24th. Farmers describe it as follows:
"في الخبية تخرج كل من هي مخبية وتفرح كل من هي مربية",
meaning “During Sa‘ad El Khbiya, all animals that have given birth rejoice, and all animals and insects that hibernate come out,” as the cold nights are officially behind us.

February 25th saw the beginning of the spring season with its first two M’nazel: Far‘a Lamqadem and Far‘a Lamakher. This is when farmers roll up their sleeves and return to the fields: clearing weeds, caring for flowering trees, and replacing crops damaged by frost (such as fava beans and peas).
That’s why farmers say of these two M’nazel:
"إذا طلع فرع المقدم، فاخدم ولا تندم",
meaning “When Far‘a Lamqadem arrives, work hard, or you’ll regret it later.”

Words generously put together by our colleague and High Atlas Cultural Landscapes Field agromonist

Selection of images by and

24/12/2025

A vision of a wintery High Atlas - Tachaoukcht village underneath a bed of snow.

Shared with by one of our fellow community members.

16/12/2025

𝕋ℍℝ𝕆𝕎𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂 𝕆ℕ 𝔼ℂℍ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝔾𝕀𝔼𝕊 | 𝔼𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕐𝕋ℍ𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕀𝕊

→ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐃𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟏 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫! 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫! ←

Lastly 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒, a film and photo exhibition emerging from Shourideh Molavi’s personal relationships, friendships and comradeships.

If 𝐍𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 neatly documents and unpacks Israeli ecocidal strategies in “the strip” over decades, 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 offers a powerful testimony of the ongoing perdurance of life, culture, teachings, and steadfastness within Palestinian society even in the peak of the last two years genocidal campaigns. ‘Everything that is’ through a cinematic and poetic journey gives voice to the work of puppet maker Mahdi Kariri whilst the photo series Camps on Campus documents the enduring making and remaking of the Islamic University of Gaza as a forum for communal life.

Install shots by

Special thank yous to the and especially for all of his technical expertise in supporting and leading on this installation and all others in our Echologies Programme.

14/12/2025

𝕋ℍℝ𝕆𝕎𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂 𝕆ℕ 𝔼ℂℍ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝔾𝕀𝔼𝕊 | ℂ𝔸𝕋ℍ𝔸ℝ𝕊𝕀𝕊

𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.
– 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴

→ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐃𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟏 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫! 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫! ←

On 16th October, at DaDa (Marrakech), we inaugurated 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐒, a powerful and moving exhibition curated by Margarida Mendes, featuring the work of collectives, artists and activists & , , , , .saxena & .bahl.1 , ( & ), , with .ouallal, , entangled ecologies (, , , , , ) /Bvlbancha with &

All reporting from different bodies of water, the collective gestures and struggles encapsulated, chanted, and practiced within the 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐒 nucleus, offer a powerful testimony of water’s healing potential, but also chart a cartography of insurgent tactics and modes of belonging grounded in indigenous water cosmologies that offer us pathways to expand our political, and poetical, imaginaries.

CATHARSIS was originally commissioned and developed for the Porto Design biennale 2023. This iteration is part of Echologies, Harvest Festival’s V Autumn Edition, co-imagined with QANAT and in partnership with Dar Bellarj & LE 18.

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11/12/2025

𝕋ℍℝ𝕆𝕎𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂 𝕆ℕ 𝔼ℂℍ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝔾𝕀𝔼𝕊 | “ℕ𝕠 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕃𝕚𝕗𝕖”

→ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟏 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫! 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫! ←

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱.” – 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘩 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘪

“𝐍𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞” brought to us by is one of three exhibitions hosted by DaDa (Marrakech) as part of our most ambitious festival edition yet!

“𝐍𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞” which spurs from Molavi’s extensive work with Forensic Architecture in Gaza situates Palestinian farmers testimonies, next to forensic evidence of herbicidal warfare showing the intended destruction of agricultural lands through before and after satellite images. Large scale prints of affected leaves collected from farmers show up-close the destruction of life at its root. Next to these works we also find, exhibited for the first time, orange coloured receipts and employee ‘clock in’ cards – archives of the Al Shawwa family citrus factory. These cards are remnants of a once booming industry in Gaza, whose exports were shipped across the region. The citrus tree as Molavi explores in her seminal work Environmental Warfare in Gaza is threatened as a symbol of the Palestinian Eco-imaginary for younger generations.

These exhibitions are part of Echologies, Harvest Festival’s V Autumn Edition, co-imagined with QANAT and in partnership with Dar Bellarj & LE 18

09/12/2025

Celebrating the first edition of our Marrakech–Safi 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎! 🌾

On November 26, we came together as Harvest Festival, in collaboration with , to host a day of rich discussions with actors representing all corners of our local food system. 🌍

We gathered with cooperative leaders, seed savers, farmers, business owners, small NGOs, researchers, professors, chefs, and creatives to collectively imagine what an equitable food system could look like on our own terms. 🤝

Throughout the day, we heard hopes and aspirations, as well as the challenges and micro-solutions that can nurture a more just approach to growing, producing, and consuming food. 🍃

In mixed breakout groups, participants listened deeply to each other’s perspectives shaped by their lived experiences. Later, in peer-to-peer circles, they identified the key challenges within their sectors. These insights were then reflected through La Via Campesina’s 6 Principles of Food Sovereignty, which grounded the day’s exchanges. ✨

Moving forward, the Food Forum will continue as a series of informal gatherings that create moments of solidarity around the shifts and networks needed to sustain the movement. It will also remain an integral part of our festival programming, where we hope to welcome experienced and inspiring voices from the global food sovereignty community to exchange with us here in Morocco. 🌱🤲🌍

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