This Charter is addressed to actors in the TEIKEI Network who take on operational, technical, logistical, or infrastructural tasks.
This includes in particular logistics partners, collection warehouses, distribution warehouses, processing enterprises, refinement enterprises, as well as IT and data processing structures.
These roles do not primarily support the network through representation or fundamental governance, but rather through concrete processes, transitions, systems, processing, distribution, and operational connectivity. Precisely for this reason, a shared basic understanding is needed for this area.
This Charter describes the common standards for all actors in this area. It is supplemented by additional specific charters for the individual roles.
This Charter does not stand alone.
It is based on the TEIKEI Manifesto 2030 and the Ten TEIKEI Principles.
The TEIKEI Manifesto 2030 describes the long-term orientation of the network. This includes in particular:
The ten TEIKEI Principles form the common foundation for collaboration, supply, and development across the entire network. These include:
This Charter translates this common foundation into the concrete practice of the respective role within the network.
This means:
The structures, decisions, and processes described here must not be considered or implemented in isolation from the ecological, social, and community goals of the TEIKEI Manifesto and the ten TEIKEI Principles.
Even where a role is not directly involved in agricultural production, it remains part of a system built on ecological responsibility, regenerative practices, and community-supported supply.
This results in:
The roles, tasks, and attitudes described in this Charter can only be fully understood in the context of this shared foundation.
Therefore:
The TEIKEI Manifesto 2030 and the ten TEIKEI Principles are not an optional background but a shared foundation that must be read, understood, and supported in practice by all participants.
Actors in this area bear responsibility for the concrete functioning of the network.
They ensure that transitions, processing procedures, storage logistics, digital systems, distributions, and other operational structures remain traceable, sustainable, and connectable.
This means:
For all actors in the TEIKEI Network, the following applies:
Actors in the network often work at points where products, information, or responsibilities are transferred.
It is precisely at these points that opacity can easily arise.
Therefore:
In the TEIKEI Network, operational work is not value-neutral.
Even where processes, systems, or distribution are the focus, the work remains embedded in a shared ethic.
This includes:
Actors share responsibility for enabling the network to learn from its practice.
This includes:
This Charter is supplemented by additional specific charters:
These sub-charters specify the common foundation for the respective role without departing from the shared principles.
The goal of this Charter is to make actors in the TEIKEI Network visible as operational and infrastructural support roles.
It provides guidance on how concrete systems, transitions, distributions, processing, and digital structures can be designed to strengthen transparency, quality, fairness, and community sustainability.
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Author: Felix Schröder, with assistance from AI (ChatGPT)
Creation: written by Felix Schröder › formatted in Markdown by ChatGPT › published by Felix Schröder › layout adjusted by Claude
Created: 2026-03-18 · Last updated: 2026-10-11 · Questions or feedback? support@teikei.us