Earlier, had the opportunity to reprint for community partners on the participatory guarantee systems (PGS) article how the real trust relationships set up? A "common" the PGS road farmers market, many people "don't understand". This article, Visual record "participatory guarantee system" working a case.
PGS, in English "ParticipatoryGuarantee System" abbreviations like CSA ((Community Supported Agriculture, community supported agriculture), is emerging as a foreign Word, but in China itself, but does not have similar concepts of practitioners is missing.
According to IFOAM (International Federation of organic agriculture movements International Federation ofOrganic Agriculture Movements) definition of PGS is a regional quality assurance systems, based on the active participation of local stakeholders, to evaluate the production farmer; PGS established on the basis of trust, social networks and knowledge-sharing. Simply put, is to establish links between farmers and consumers, to participate in the farm, farmers earn a reasonable income, consumer access to food to meet their own needs, develop a sense of trust in the cooperation on both sides, helping each other to survive.
Refer to PGS, don't know of people like to think is a huge system, and even some scholars believe that the PGS appears and social movement are inseparable. But in fact, there are a variety of PGS in the world pattern, as long as they can run, what was the name of concern seems to be the only scholars and research institutions. In China, people accustomed to pinch pennies, will not pay for the high price of organic vegetables, nor a social pursuit of hot-headed (for them, old already experienced, younger than repeat), the truly good, find cost-effective, to meet their own needs food, arranged for three meals a day, is enough.
Eat healthy, is the birthright of everyone's rights. When the relevant Department of regulation force, mass would have to fend for themselves. Yin Ruiqing teacher as a participatory guarantee systems (PGS) research sponsors, in the process of Beijing's push to PGS, also urging a consumer group. The ordinary retirees with service-oriented group, product cost-effective, cooperative farms are mostly the target of helping, can be described as "participatory guarantee system" at the consumer end of expression.
One day in June, I am with teacher Yin couple, group master teacher Zhang Ling came to the worm farm, with a side dish of the whole process of consumer participation.
Earlier, alignment leader focused on improving his farm soil, digging 50 cm deep ditch, corn cob and other plant residue was buried, in order to increase soil humus. In June, we went to the farm to visit when in greenhouse tomato growing is gratifying, plants grow tall and have more than 2 meters, one tree can bear fruit 15 strings. Align Captain happy, but did not stop the pace of learning. Visit day afternoons, he and several friends drove to the organic farm
Only live, consumers will benefit. Such as Zhang Ling and Yin Ruiqing teachers, participate in farm work, helping farms to grow, physical strength, and wise advice, and have the financial means to pay and, finally, of reciprocity.
Every week, the farm member distribution box, in addition to vegetables, eggs, fish, beef and mutton with seasonal mix, can basically meet the needs of three diet. Find reliable fruit and other products, will be separately organized group buys. Members implementation of advances, farm produce according to the order, advance payment is not allowed to return. Farm received the fees paid by the consumer in advance, feel at ease, planted to bear.
Teacher, teacher Yin Zhang ling's body, as a junior, I feel their sincerity. When the farm when there is a problem, they won't complain, but at first, with square face, on the farm trying to resolve. They not only from the consumer's perspective to help farm progress, would also help clear the air on the farm, so that consumer dissatisfaction into a positive energy to each other, understanding and trust.
If not teacher Zhang Ling Institute, I can tell she was suffering from cancer. In the course of treatment, she knows the importance of diet, from now on, eat only organic food.
At first, the teacher does not know that organic farms around Beijing Zhang ling, to save money, she will go to the supermarket to buy organic vegetables in the evening. Later, she joined the consumer group teacher Yin and took the group to the main work, weekly statistics Member ordering requirements, organizations such as buy. Zhang ling says her son brought lunch to work every day, no he eat out because their families with hereditary cancer genes, she hopes her son as much as possible on the eat Watch. Now, something wrong with her body still, after all, is old, but her attitude was very good.
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