FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions · 3 min read
The membership system of TEIKEI is currently under development.
Much is still in its founding phase, being tested and gradually expanded. Therefore, there is currently no uniform formal basic cost participation for all people across the entire TEIKEI network.
At the same time, people can already participate in the TEIKEI approach in Europe today.
There are currently two important ways:
Both forms help build community-supported supply in Europe.
The simplest way is a harvest share.
With a harvest share, you support a specific supply relationship within the TEIKEI network. You contribute to making farms, processing, logistics, pickup locations, and community coordination more predictable.
A harvest share is currently an informal basic cost participation.
This means:
In addition to harvest shares, there are already basic cost participations in the Agora that can be completed today.
With an Agora basic cost participation, you support the shared infrastructure in the TEIKEI network.
This includes, for example:
These basic cost participations are very important for TEIKEI.
They help support the work that is not directly tied to an individual harvest share but is needed for the entire network.
If you complete an Agora basic cost participation, you support the development of the shared foundation on which farms, members, pickup locations, communities, and regional structures can be connected.
Currently, there is no uniform general contribution to basic cost participation for all people across the entire TEIKEI network.
A harvest share is a practical participation in a specific supply relationship.
An Agora basic cost participation is a way to directly support the shared infrastructure.
Both contribute to the development of TEIKEI, but in different ways.
Informal means:
You are practically involved through your harvest share without automatically resulting in an association-based, cooperative, or otherwise formal membership in the entire TEIKEI network.
You participate by supporting supply.
You are part of a relationship between farms, members, pickup locations, logistics, and coordination.
This participation is an important step, even though the overarching membership system is still under development.
TEIKEI is not growing as a classic organization with a ready-made membership structure.
TEIKEI emerges from concrete relationships, harvest shares, pickup locations, farms, regional communities, Agora structures, and shared responsibility.
Therefore, the membership system is being developed step by step:
Yes.
You can already participate today, for example by:
Every form of participation helps further develop community-supported supply in Europe.
The overarching membership system of TEIKEI is still under development.
A harvest share is currently a simple way to participate practically. It is an informal basic cost participation without an additional general contribution to basic cost participation.
Additionally, there are already Agora basic cost participations available today. With them, you support the shared infrastructure, coordination, and further development of the TEIKEI network.
Both help further develop the TEIKEI approach in Europe.
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Created on May 27, 2026 · Last updated on May 27, 2026
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