In traditional CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) models, members pre-finance the entire annual costs of a farm.
This is powerful – but not realistic for every structure and every country.
In TEIKEI – especially internationally – this works somewhat differently.
Here, complete pre-financing is not the focus, but rather reliable commitments:
What will be delivered when – and when will payments be made?
This creates security for farms – without requiring everything to be financed in advance.
Each farm creates a plan for this:
For this, average values from the last ten years are often used – and from these, a price per share is calculated.
This allows farms to plan – and their work is realistically financed.
A key component: the security fund.
If a farm delivers more than planned, the surplus goes into a shared pool.
If a year turns out weaker, the fund compensates for this.
This creates resilience without constant renegotiations.
Pre-financing still occurs – especially for new farms or special situations.
Then, a community can decide to provide targeted support to enable a start or a harvest.
But Reliability.
TEIKEI creates a system
in which people can rely on each other – across borders.
Not through rigid contracts, but through clarity, trust, and collaborative economics.
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Author: Felix Schröder, with the help of AI (ChatGPT)
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Created: 2025-03-31 · Last updated: 2026-10-10 · Questions or feedback? support@teikei.us