Waiheke Buyers Club & CSA

The crowd is building, down at the buyers club, which has only been open for three weeks now. A simple concept...  get a group of people together, who know each other, and begin buying (in this case organic foods in the form of dry goods and produce), have some people run it like an enterprise (ie markup prices to cover costs), and have people come and buy at set times.

It's working well, and has already become part of our Saturday routine. It's open from 10am-noon Saturday and Wednesday.

After purchasing we put the money into the account online and can request things we might want in the future.

And next door to this simple 'shop' is the pickup point for the new CSA (Community Supported Agriculture).

People organising to meet their needs and reduce costs by being more efficient, and using less energy.

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