Re:La Ruche qui dit Oui
by InclinedPlane on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @07:12PM
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This is pretty common in the US, it generally goes under the name "community supported agriculture" (CSA) or "farm-shares". People usually pay a yearly fee or pay a monthly subscription and get a weekly box of produce and whatnot mostly from one or a few local farms.
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No, it's not the same at all. Here you get to select online the product you want to buy, you are not "forced" to receive a box of produce. And there is no monthly fee at all, you just pay for what you buy.
Re:La Ruche qui dit Oui
by InclinedPlane on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @03:07PM
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Apologies if I elided mention of how they are different, I didn't mean to do so. This sort of thing is a pretty big innovation and offers the potential to increase the reach of direct to consumer local farm produce sales.