Noémia Machado Farinha (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6660-2018), Professora Coordenadora at the School of Biosciences of Elvas at the Portalegre Polytechnic University, Portugal (ESBE/IPP), Portugal. PHD at ISA-Lisbon University in 2004. Professor of agroecology, pastures and forages, soil use and conservation, and animal production since 1996. Researcher at Politechnic University of Portalegre, Portugal, focusing in ethnobotany, plant genetic resources, aromatic and medicinal plants, pastures and forages and sustainable production. Member of the competence center for extensive grazing (CCPE).