Introduction and Overview › Glossary for the Networking Language · 2 min read
A pickup day is the time when members collect their harvest shares, orders, or communally provided products at a pickup location.
From the members' perspective, the pickup day is the moment when the supply becomes tangibly real.
The pickup day is the visible part of a communal supply process for members.
By this time, the products have already been:
Members arrive at the pickup location at the agreed time to collect their harvest shares or orders.
The terms pickup day and distribution day describe the same date from different perspectives.
Distribution day focuses on the entire organizational process:
Pickup day, on the other hand, describes the members' perspective:
When can I pick up my harvest share or order?
In the TEIKEI Wiki, we therefore distinguish between the two terms.
A pickup day might look like this:
A pickup day is often more than just a handover of goods.
It creates a regular meeting point for:
This fosters personal connections—and exchange about production, food, and communal supply.
Pickup days can occur at different intervals:
A reliable rhythm makes planning easier—for members, producers, and organizers.
On the last Friday of every month, members can pick up their harvest shares at the Freiburg pickup location between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM. During this time, contact persons are available for questions, and returnable containers are collected.
For a pickup day to run smoothly, many tasks take place in the background.
These include, for example:
With the TEIKEI Participation Plan, you can organize these tasks together and divide them into shifts.
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Created on July 10, 2026 · Last updated on October 10, 2026
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