Introduction and Overview › Glossary for the Networking Language · 2 min read
A subcommunity is an independently organized community that is connected to a main community or—if available—to a regional cluster.
It does not have its own logistical connection to collection or distribution warehouses.
It is supplied via the respective responsible regional logistics hub.
A subcommunity is particularly responsible for:
It decides independently how to organize these tasks.
The responsibility of the logistics hub ends with the handover of food to the subcommunity.
This logistics hub is, depending on the region:
From this point onward, the subcommunity assumes responsibility for:
Internal organization is entirely part of the subcommunity’s self-governance.
Subcommunities—like main and microcommunities—receive their own community page within the TEIKEI network.
You can register your subcommunity at:
https://www.teikei.shop/gemeinschaften/ (external)
Subcommunities make it possible to structure larger supply networks into smaller, manageable groups.
This allows people to collaborate locally without each group having to build its own logistical infrastructure.
Consolidation takes place at the level of a main community or—if available—a regional cluster. The subcommunity independently organizes the further distribution.
The subcommunity does not have its own logistical infrastructure.
It takes over the food after the goods handover by the responsible main community or—if available—by a regional cluster and independently organizes its distribution within the community.
A subcommunity is an independently organized community that receives its food via a main community or a regional cluster and is responsible for its distribution.
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Created on August 1, 2026 · Last updated on October 10, 2026
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