Community supported agricultural business model

The Community-supported agriculture model connects the producer and the consumers directly; in this case by allowing the consumer to subscribe to the harvest of the farm, enabling the producer and the consumer to share the risk of farming. At MyFarm Harta, in return for subscribing harvest, subscribers get their regular (roughly 22-26 weekly or 4-5 monthly) boxes of vegetables and other farm goods, such as eggs or smoked goods. MyFarm Harta offers organic produce with higher vitamin and mineral content, contributing not just to biodiversity but health and more nutrient-dense food. Customers and producers benefit from a short supply chain without intermediaries (farmers deliver the boxes by themselves), low overhead costs. Chemical free cultivation requires 3-5 times more human work, so it directly helps local employment.
The MyFarm community grows and 5 new farmers start in 2021. Careful selection contributes to maintaining that those who enter measure up to the standards of this practice: apart from agricultural expertise they share the values of the founders: eco-consciousness and social responsibility; a charity scheme is also included, the farmers regularly help those in need by donating a percentage of farm goods. They start their farms as separate businesses, meaning this model works as a kind of “solidarity-based franchise”. Joint marketing activities, procurement of raw materials, management is done collectively, allowing farmers to focus on their work.