How it works

Every step is recorded, disclosed and reviewable

You always know which farm, which crop, which stage and what happens to your produce.

This is not an investment scheme. Participants join a cooperative farming programme and take part in actual agricultural production. Farming outcomes may vary according to weather, crop performance, production conditions and market prices.

The process

From membership to harvest

  1. 1

    Join the cooperative

    Create an account, complete verification and accept the cooperative membership terms.

  2. 2

    Choose how you want to participate

    Learn practical farming, cultivate your own land, or ask professionals to cultivate for you.

  3. 3

    Select a farming cycle

    Review the crop, farm, duration, participation cost and disclosed risks before you commit.

  4. 4

    Monitor planting and cultivation

    Follow field reports, photographs, expenses and production milestones as the season unfolds.

  5. 5

    Collect, sell, split or donate your harvest

    Decide what happens to your allocated produce before maturity, with every deduction itemised.

Farming cycle stages

The twelve stages tracked in every cycle

Members follow progress through each stage with field reports and photographs.

  1. Stage 1

    Land preparation

  2. Stage 2

    Input acquisition

  3. Stage 3

    Planting

  4. Stage 4

    Germination

  5. Stage 5

    Crop maintenance

  6. Stage 6

    Pest management

  7. Stage 7

    Mid-cycle assessment

  8. Stage 8

    Pre-harvest assessment

  9. Stage 9

    Harvesting

  10. Stage 10

    Allocation

  11. Stage 11

    Collection, sale or donation

  12. Stage 12

    Cycle completed

Harvest options

You decide what happens to your produce

Your harvest option is confirmed before maturity, and every deduction is itemised.

Collect your produce

Take physical delivery or collection of your allocated harvest for household use.

Authorise a managed sale

Ask the programme to sell your allocation through approved buyers, with proceeds and deductions itemised.

Split your allocation

Keep part of the harvest for your home and release the rest for sale.

Donate your harvest

Direct all or part of your allocation to the Grow and Give humanitarian food programme.

Disclosures

What you acknowledge before participating

Participation requires clear, informed acknowledgement of farming realities.

  • I understand that farming involves risk.
  • I understand that yield may be lower or higher than estimates.
  • I understand that harvest dates may change.
  • I understand that market prices may change.
  • I understand that financial proceeds are not guaranteed.
  • I understand that my payment supports actual cultivation activities.
  • I understand that approved deductions will be disclosed.
  • I have reviewed the participation agreement before payment.