Alternatives to Capitalism🔦 Spotlight:
Oma Maa food co-operative
https://www.omamaa.fi/in-english/
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What is Oma Maa?
“Oma Maa is a food co-operative based on community-supported agriculture (CSA) as well as ecologically and socially sustainable food production methods. Together as a community, we produce a large variety of products at the Lassila family farm in Tuusula, about 30 km from Helsinki. We are looking to grow into a community that can sustain 200 food members in total.”
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“Oma maa is an invitation on board of an all-year-round ecological community process around Good Agriculture. Here agriculture refers to the cultivating and developing of the land to full fill people’s need for food as well as other basic needs, and to make good, ecological life possible.”
“Oma maa is an invitation on board of an all-year-round ecological community process around Good Agriculture. Here agriculture refers to the cultivating and developing of the land to full fill people’s need for food as well as other basic needs, and to make good, ecological life possible.”
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CSA is an alternative socioeconomic model of agriculture and food distribution that brings producers and consumers together in mutual support. The co-operative partnership offers the producing members a steady market to deliver their produce to while eliminating food waste, and the food members get a steady stream of local organic produce.
CSA is an alternative socioeconomic model of agriculture and food distribution that brings producers and consumers together in mutual support. The co-operative partnership offers the producing members a steady market to deliver their produce to while eliminating food waste, and the food members get a steady stream of local organic produce.
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With industrial agriculture, it takes 10 calories of energy (usually in the form of fossil fuels) to produce one calorie of food. In this same system, between 30 and 40% of food is wasted. CSA is a much more efficient system, with ecological and social advantages as well. The more people join, the more robust the system becomes, so come along!