How it is · tested for decades · approx. 3 min read
05 Making relationships reliable: the ten TEIKEI principles
The ten principles of the Japanese TEIKEI movement turn relationships into reliable supply – not as dogma, but as a basis for talks with farms.
Plan together
Planned production (2), acceptance of produce (3) and a price set in mutual accommodation (4): farm and community share the risk.
Organise ourselves
Mutual help (1), friendly relationships (5), self-distribution (6) and relationship-based self-governance (7): we distribute and govern ourselves.
Grow without falling apart
Learning in groups (8), appropriate group size (9) and continuous development (10): many small communities that grow stronger every season.
Who gives you food when the shelves are empty?
No politician and no retail chain – the farmer you are connected with. The red dot in the number bar shows all ten principles as answers.