Within the German district of Oderland, to the east of Berlin, lives a bunch of people that imagine in an alternate method to farming, and an alternate approach of working.
At ‘Hofkollektiv Bienenwerder’ as much as 14 folks from totally different generations reside and work on an natural farm following the idea of community-supported agriculture, a precept primarily based on a partnership between farmers and shoppers to share threat and reward. In Germany, this precept is called ‘solidarity agriculture’.
“The solidarity agriculture precept goals for farmers and vegetable store house owners to work in cooperation with shoppers," explains JoJo, who lives and works on the farm. "So if there's a unhealthy harvest, one thing certain to occur increasingly usually on account of local weather change, the farmers can survive financially. Shoppers often pay a hard and fast month-to-month worth all 12 months lengthy, for which they obtain greens.”
The farm’s natural greens are delivered on to shoppers within the surrounding areas and in Berlin, in addition to to collectively-run natural retailers within the metropolis. The ambition of Hofkollektiv Bienenwerder is to make natural meals at an reasonably priced worth.
Hofkollektiv Bienenwerder is organised with no hierarchical construction, the motto on their web site reads: "No Masters, No Servants". Each determination is made collectively of their weekly assembly.
“In the long run, it is a enterprise that we run collectively,” says resident and employee Marek. “It’s this division of labor executed kind of on a free foundation however out of accountability. The sensation of accountability for myself and for everyone else.”
Along with natural vegetable cultivation, the farm additionally retains cows, goats, horses, chickens, geese and bees. Significance is positioned on sustainable use of the land and soil.
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