A share, not a subscription
Buy a stated quantity of a stated lot. Not a weekly surprise or a recurring charge.
Harvest ProvisionsPrepaid food shares for corridor producers
Rootstock venture · Pre-sell
Buy the harvest before it's grown.
Harvest Provisions is an open model for prepaid food shares. Members fund the season, producers get paid up front, and nobody packs a box nobody chose.
The primitive
Price locked at purchase
The price is set the day the share is bought, before the season begins.
Paid before the season
The producer receives working capital before seed, feed, or processing costs land.
The problem
Producers carry a season's costs months before they are paid.
Harvest Provisions separates purchase from delivery. Money moves when the producer needs it. Food moves when it is ready and when the member wants it.
Two doors
I grow food
Get paid before the season for food delivered later. Keep every other sales channel.
For producersI want to join one
Fund a farm in spring, eat from it over time, and know the price before committing.
For membersOpen model
Free to use. Free to copy.
The share definition, pricing method, agreements, and launch sequence will be published for others to use.
Proposed CC BY-SA license, pending legal review.