The Community-Enhanced Way to Organic Food and Farming
The Un-Corporation
In an era where corporations dominate all facets of business including government, global energy, agriculture and global food supply, Nut Hawai'i was established by small farmers and rural community health by combining two alternative business models—the family farm and the membership. Our membership was founded to nurture local communities by keeping members/farmers on the land to farm virtually. We understood from the beginning that we would need to pool our mac nuts in a collaborative fashion to accomplish that goal.
Members/Farmers with a Mission
Just as we believe in the inter-dependency of all living things in nature, we believe that our membership structure delivers what is good for everyone, including the partners who are our members, customers who buy our products. To all those citizens in our community, we promise the quality of food production and environmental stewardship that they demand.
Supports and resources of our extended community give us a voice in the agricultural world, where large corporations have taken over 600,000 family farms since 1960 in the United States. Together, the community voice of our members/farmers hopefully represents at least 10% of the organic farming community in Hawaii.
The central mission of our community is to support rural communities by protecting the health of the family farms — working toward both economic and environmental sustainability. Our stable, self-determined, virtual members/farmers pay prices and our love of the land are the best assurance that our members will be able to continue the tradition of organic farming into the next generation.
How It Works
Farmers/Members establish equity when they join the community, based on the auction price they paid for the specific tree in the Orchard.
From the membership, a right to use of the tree is entitled. Members are entitled to all produce from the specific trees every year. The entitled members are free to transfer their memberships right to anyone who see fit. The auction mechanism on our website is setup for ease of changing hands of the membership of which its price is determined purely based upon the market.
In addition to a member-determined pay-price and equity ownership, the members receive numerous benefits including support in production, certification, farm condition updates, visit guide, private label design, logistics and more.
From the membership, a right to use of the tree is entitled. Members are entitled to all produce from the specific trees every year. The entitled members are free to transfer their memberships right to anyone who see fit. The auction mechanism on our website is setup for ease of changing hands of the membership of which its price is determined purely based upon the market.
In addition to a member-determined pay-price and equity ownership, the members receive numerous benefits including support in production, certification, farm condition updates, visit guide, private label design, logistics and more.
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