tending the roots, preserving the lore.

A living space for learning, growing and sharing Indigenous food knowledge across cultures, communities and generations.

The name re’itas represents the project's ideas of roots, relationships and the continuity of living knowledge. It reflects a journey of learning from the land, respecting cultural heritage and nurturing connections between communities.

Beginning with the Indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia and Sápmi, re’itas aims to create opportunities for collaboration, practical learning and cultural exchange.

Purpose

To recognise, preserve and sustain living Indigenous food knowledge, biodiversity and cultural heritage through education and respectful collaboration.

approach

To bring growing, harvesting, cooking and learning together through sustainable cultivation, practical education and meaningful connections between communities.

vision

To establish a year-round greenhouse and living food school in Finland, beginning with Peninsular Malaysian and Sámi knowledge exchanges and expanding into an international Indigenous learning network.

become a re’itas supporter/member

RE'ITAS Supporter Membership
€5.00
Every month
€45.00
Every year

Support re’itas, an independent initiative connecting Indigenous food knowledge, biodiversity and sustainable cultivation. Beginning with Peninsular Malaysia and Sápmi, the vision is to establish a year-round greenhouse and living food school in Finland. Your membership helps develop growing trials, hands-on education, research and respectful community collaborations, bringing people, plants and living traditions together while laying the foundations for future generations. Across cultures.

Understanding re’itas — Frequently Asked Questions

  • re’itas is an emerging initiative connecting Indigenous food knowledge, biodiversity, sustainable cultivation and education. Beginning with the Indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia and the Sámi peoples, it aims to develop meaningful exchanges between communities through food, plants and shared learning.

  • The first goal is to establish a small, year-round growing space in Finland for Southeast Asian edible plants. This will allow practical cultivation trials, environmental observations and the development of hands-on educational activities before expanding into a permanent greenhouse and living food school.

  • Growing these plants locally creates opportunities to learn about ingredients from planting to harvesting and cooking. It also allows re’itas to investigate whether cultivation in Finland can become more environmentally responsible, considering energy, water, growing conditions and seasonal limitations.

  • The long-term ambition is to build respectful collaborations with Indigenous knowledge holders, beginning with Peninsular Malaysia and Sápmi. Their participation, consent and perspectives will be essential in shaping how cultural and ecological knowledge is shared and taught.

  • Support is intended to help establish the project's foundations, including growing equipment, cultivation trials, educational materials, research and the development of future collaborations. The initiative is currently at an early stage and does not yet operate a permanent greenhouse.

  • Yes. re’itas welcomes enquiries from growers, educators, researchers, cultural organisations, Indigenous knowledge holders and others interested in contributing expertise, growing space or opportunities for collaboration.