# Harvest Share
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A harvest share describes a jointly supported portion of an agricultural harvest.
In the TEIKEI context, it is not just about a specific quantity of food.
A harvest share connects supply, farm reality, responsibility, risk, and advance financing.
Those who take on a harvest share participate in the foundation from which food is produced.
This includes:
- Soil
- Water
- Plants
- Animals
- Labor
- Care
- Knowledge
- Harvest
- Storage
- Processing
- Transport
- Coordination
- Risk
- Ecological development
A harvest share makes it visible that agriculture does not begin with the finished product.
It begins long before.
## Basic Understanding
A harvest share is not an ordinary product purchase.
In a product purchase, a single item is usually the focus:
A specific quantity is ordered, delivered, and paid for.
With a harvest share, the agricultural foundation takes center stage.
The question is not only:
What do I receive?
But also:
What do I contribute?
A harvest share therefore describes a relationship to production.
It makes visible that harvests are not arbitrarily available but arise from living conditions.
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*In a product purchase, the product counts. With a harvest share, you contribute to the foundation from which the harvest arises.*
## Farm Reality
A key concept for understanding harvest shares is farm reality.
Farm reality refers to the entire reality of a farm.
This includes not only the harvested food but also the conditions under which it is produced.
Farm reality includes, for example:
- Soil fertility
- Water supply
- Climate
- Labor
- Machinery
- Seeds
- Seedlings
- Care
- Harvest window
- Storage
- Animal husbandry
- Processing
- Crop failures
- Quality deviations
- Ecological development work
- Financial burdens
- Human resilience
- Long-term farm development
A harvest share should help make this farm reality visible.
It is not just about receiving a finished product.
It is about contributing to the conditions from which a harvest can arise.
## Advance Financing
Many agricultural costs arise before a harvest can be sold.
A farm must sow, plant, care for, irrigate, prune, protect, harvest, store, or process long before finished food is distributed.
This requires financial security.
Harvest shares can help create this security.
Through early participation, part of the agricultural work is pre-financed.
This can help farms:
- Plan better
- Be less dependent on short-term market prices
- Prepare investments
- Secure working hours
- Consider ecological measures
- Organize harvests and distribution more reliably
Advance financing means: Responsibility does not begin only at delivery.
It begins earlier.
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*Farms have costs long before the harvest. A harvest share starts where the costs arise.*
## Harvest Risk
Agriculture is always associated with harvest risk.
Harvests can turn out differently than planned.
Reasons for this can include:
- Drought
- Heavy rain
- Frost
- Hail
- Heat
- Pest pressure
- Diseases
- Water shortage
- Harvest delays
- Climate change
- Labor shortages
- Storage or transport problems
A harvest share makes this risk visible.
In traditional trade structures, a large part of this risk often lies with the farm.
If less is harvested, there is a shortage of products.
If the quality does not meet trade requirements, products can be rejected or paid for at a lower rate.
If a harvest fails, the costs already incurred can heavily burden the farm.
With communally supported harvest shares, this risk can be distributed differently.
The community then bears not only the good harvest but also the uncertainty inherent in agriculture.
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*In traditional trade, the risk often lies with the farm. With a harvest share, it is distributed across many shoulders.*
## Harvest Share and Quantity
A harvest share can refer to different quantities and rhythms.
Depending on the product circle, it can mean, for example:
- A regular vegetable box
- A specific quantity of olive oil
- A share of fruit
- A share of grain
- A share of legumes
- A share of processed products
- A seasonal delivery
- Multiple deliveries per year
The specific form depends on the respective farm, product circle, harvest year, storage capacity, and distribution structure.
What is important:
The harvest share does not just describe a product but a share in a jointly supported context.
## Difference from Subscription
A harvest share is not the same as a classic subscription.
A subscription is usually understood as a regular order.
A specific product or service is repeatedly received.
A harvest share goes beyond this.
It is more closely connected to agricultural reality.
It makes visible:
- The harvest can fluctuate.
- Quantities can change.
- Qualities can vary.
- Delivery times depend on real conditions.
- The farm needs planning security.
- The community shares part of the responsibility.
Therefore, TEIKEI uses the term harvest share.
It describes the relationship to the harvest more clearly than the term subscription.
## Difference from Individual Purchase
In an individual purchase, a person usually decides only when the product is already available.
The product is there.
The price is set.
The purchase happens or not.
With a harvest share, the connection begins earlier.
Members participate in the foundation of production.
This creates more reliability for the farm and more awareness of the conditions of supply.
A harvest share is therefore closer to agricultural reality than a spontaneous individual purchase.
## Harvest Shares and Communities
In the TEIKEI context, harvest shares are often organized through communities, pickup points, or regional structures.
There are practical reasons for this.
If multiple harvest shares are bundled, transport routes, packaging, and coordination can be better planned.
Communities can help:
- Bundle deliveries
- Organize pickup points
- Facilitate communication
- Reduce packaging material
- Make transport more efficient
- Distribute responsibility locally
- Enable exchange among members
As a result, the harvest share is not only individually supported but embedded in a shared structure.
## Harvest Shares and Logistics
A harvest share requires real logistics.
Food must be harvested, packaged, stored, transported, and distributed.
Depending on the product circle, different structures may be necessary:
- Farm storage
- Collection storage
- Distribution storage
- Pickup points
- Community deliveries
- Cooling
- Reusable containers
- Pallet logistics
- Sustainable transport units
- Regional bundling
A harvest share is therefore also a logistical unit.
It connects agricultural production with the question of how food can sensibly reach the members.
## Harvest Shares and Cash Flow
A harvest share is also associated with cash flows.
The contributions of members should not only pay for the individual product.
They should make visible which costs are associated with production and distribution.
These can include:
- Farm costs
- Labor
- Seeds or seedlings
- Care
- Processing
- Storage
- Packaging
- Transport
- Coordination
- Administration
- Risk balancing
- Ecological development
- Shared infrastructure
It is important to present these levels transparently.
Then it becomes clearer what a harvest share stands for.
## Harvest Shares and Ecological Development
A harvest share can help incorporate ecological development.
If a farm is paid only for short-term product quantity, there is often no room for long-term work on the foundations.
This includes:
- Humus building
- Soil care
- Water retention
- Biodiversity
- Agroforestry