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rostiger

I cannot overstate how awesome it is to be part of a community-run cropshare project.
Every two weeks I pick up a box of fresh, regional and seasonal vegetables. Plus I get to pick as many legumes, cereal, flours, juices, pesto and other basics as I need. And it's all on a pay-what-you-can base!

A room with cupboards filled with jars alongside the walls. In the middle of the room there is a table that is surrounded by large paper bags containing grain, flour and legumes. There's a little basket with wild herbs on the table.
View onto a bike trailer containing two boxes. One is filled with greens, the other with glasses, jars and re-used paper bags.
Vegetables on a kitchen counter: 5 red beets, 3 fennels, one onion, spinach and mangold, cabbage leafs, fresh tarragon and oregano.
1 Jul 2023 at 19:09 | Open on merveilles.town
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spooky blip 👻

@rostiger oh hells yes ✊ this is so cool. is this stuff all locally grown? just like, folks backyards? or is it more like a CSA (that term might be very american, idk: Community Supported Agriculture) where there's a partnership with a full-on farm involved?

1 Jul 2023 at 19:11 | Open on merveilles.town
rostiger

@klardotsh Both! It's a core team of full time people working their own field south of Vienna as well as cooperations with local farmers. The cool thing is that the field is owned by a dedicated foundation that cannot ever sell the property and is bound to use it for ecological, community driven, not-for-profit projects. They are building this whole infrastructure where they pull value (mostly real estate) out of commercial utilization chain in a way it can't be brought back. It's awesome!

1 Jul 2023 at 19:32 | Open on merveilles.town
decentral1se

@rostiger looks a m a z i n g 🤘 got any links to the project? i'm v curious 👀

1 Jul 2023 at 19:12 | Open on gts.varia.zone
अनीश

@rostiger this is fucking awesome, I wonder if there's something similar here

1 Jul 2023 at 19:15 | Open on merveilles.town
nk

@rostiger I love how pesto counts as a basic. My household also

1 Jul 2023 at 19:30 | Open on xoxo.zone
rostiger

@nk Haha, it's true! Also they even make their own pasta - so it goes together!

1 Jul 2023 at 19:43 | Open on merveilles.town
rostiger

This particular CSA is called Ouvertura in case you happen to live in Vienna!
ouvertura.at/

1 Jul 2023 at 19:44 | Open on merveilles.town
rostiger

For other projects of that kind, check out solawi.life/

1 Jul 2023 at 19:44 | Open on merveilles.town
rostiger

Ditch corporate dependencies where ever you can. If there are any and you are able to, get involved in a local CSA. Let's build the future we want to live in!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communit

1 Jul 2023 at 20:17 | Open on merveilles.town
Julie V
peacememories

@rostiger dang, this looks really interesting and is actually in my area 🤔

1 Jul 2023 at 20:24 | Open on chaos.social
rostiger

@peacememories Ouvertura sucht noch nach ErnteteilerInnen. Du kannst auch ein Probemonat machen und dich dann entscheiden. Ich finde es super!

2 Jul 2023 at 4:09 | Open on merveilles.town
wakyct

@rostiger that photo of the storeroom is really cool! Is that on the farm or somewhere in the city?

1 Jul 2023 at 22:45 | Open on tilde.zone
rostiger

@wakyct It's very much in the city! It's called Henzls Ernte and is a small store that sells wild herbs, fruits and vegetables otherwise. Every second Friday they just provide the space for the CSA foodstuff.

henzls.at/produkte/

2 Jul 2023 at 4:15 | Open on merveilles.town
Bad Diode

@rostiger I miss this kind of thing, gotta find a new coop to join here! We also discovered so many veggies we never tried before with the surprise bag method.

2 Jul 2023 at 6:16 | Open on merveilles.town
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