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In everyday life, it is often assumed:
A higher price automatically means more money reaches the farm.
In the TEIKEI system, it becomes clear that this relationship does not hold true.
Price and compensation are connected—but they are not identical.
The price is what members pay for a product or a harvest share.
Compensation is what actually reaches the farm from that amount.
In between, there are various contributions necessary to ensure the product reaches the community:
A price therefore always consists of multiple layers.
A high price can have many reasons:
In such cases, it may happen that:
The price alone, therefore, says little about the actual compensation.
Through price transparency, it becomes traceable:
This makes a crucial question visible:
How is the price distributed—not just how high it is.
The FairShare logic makes this relationship tangible.
It shows:
This makes it clear:
A lower final price can simultaneously lead to higher compensation—if the structure is designed differently.
With the harvest share, the perspective shifts further.
Here, it is not just about the price of an individual product, but about:
This enables:
A decisive lever is the participation in fixed costs.
When fixed costs are borne collectively, this means:
This fundamentally changes the relationship between price and compensation.
When price and compensation are consciously distinguished, new room for action emerges:
The system thus becomes not only more understandable but also more malleable.
Without this distinction:
With this understanding, it becomes possible:
Price and compensation belong together, but they are not the same.
Only when it becomes visible how a price is distributed can it be assessed whether a system is truly fair and sustainable.
The TEIKEI Agora makes this relationship visible—and thus creates the foundation to design prices in a way that they not only function but also truly take effect at the origin.
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By Felix Schröder, with support from AI (ChatGPT)
Created on March 30, 2026 · Last updated on March 30, 2026
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