Bio box

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Organic crate , eco crate, also green crate or vegetable basket - Abo is a system of direct sales of regional and seasonal food from organic agriculture , especially vegetables and fruit, but also meat, dairy products, baked goods and pasta, where the goods are delivered on a specific date delivered to your doorstep . Organic crate systems, with which consumers commit themselves in advance to purchasing a certain amount of the annual harvest, are considered the most popular form of solidarity agriculture and are intended to strengthen local relationships between consumers and producers.

Spread and history

Trademark protected logo of the Ökokiste eV

In Germany, organic boxes have been offered by various regional suppliers since the early 1990s. There are now around 190 providers in Germany who supply private households, kindergartens, schools, companies and restaurants with organically grown food. A large part of the products also comes from the region of the respective company. An association for the marketing of organic boxes under the name Ökokiste was founded in Bavaria in 1996. From there, the association first spread to southern Germany and finally to all of Germany. The term “eco box” is protected by trademark law. The owner of the word mark Ökokiste is the Verband Ökokiste eV It consists of an association of over 40 farmers and direct marketers. In 2014, around 50,000 households were supplied each week. The total turnover of all member companies in 2014 was over 50 million euros. The providers undertake to work according to guidelines set by the association. The country basket GmbH & Co. KG from Rohrlack marketed since 1997 Country Baskets . In 2020 the company had around 2,100 customers. The turnover is around five million euros.

The market for Organic Box - or Vege-Box Schemes , of which there are around 600, is also growing in Great Britain . It is critically noted that the mail order business with organic food has now been partly taken over by wholesalers and is no longer limited to local and seasonal goods.

organization

Organic boxes are usually offered in different types, e.g. B. with a particularly large number of regional or vegetarian products. Customers of the organic box can guarantee the regular purchase of a certain amount of food in a subscription or have the box put together individually. The organic box is organized either by individual organic farms for direct marketing or via the associations. Orders are placed by telephone, fax and often over the Internet. The organic box is particularly suitable for customers who like to buy seasonal goods.

literature

  • Susanne Kummer, Rebecka Milestad: The Diversity of Organic Box Schemes in Europe - An Exploratory Study in Four Countries . In: Sustainability . tape 12 , no. 7 , April 2020, p. 2734 , doi : 10.3390 / su12072734 .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Karl von Koerber, Hubert Hohler: Enjoying sustainably: Recipe book for our future. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8304-6054-1 , p. 131.
  2. ↑ Dagmar von Cramm: This is how it tastes for children, The large GU cookbook. Gräfe und Unzer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8338-1474-7 , p. 57.
  3. ↑ Maryna Zimdars: The Ecocist Cookbook: The Original. Heyne Taschenbuch, 2012, ISBN 978-3-453-85581-6 , p, p. 8.
  4. ^ Helena Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield, Steven Gorelick: Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness. Zed Books, 2002, ISBN 1-84277-233-3 , p. 23.
  5. ↑ Directory of biokisten providers in Germany, as of January 2020 (online at: biokisten.org )
  6. ↑ Press release on the 15th anniversary of October 2011, accessed on November 18, 2012 (online at: oekokiste.de )  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.oekokiste.de  
  7. ↑ tmdb.de
  8. ↑ Certification guidelines of the association ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 10, 2013)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oekokiste.de
  9. ↑ https://www.landkorb.de/
  10. ↑ https://www.rbb24.de/wirtschaft/thema/2020/gruene-woche/beitraege/kirsten-sattler-regionale-lebensmittel- Lieferdienst- rohrlack.html
  11. ↑ Andrew Jackson Waskey: Vege-Box Schemes. In: Juliana Mansvelt (Ed.): Green Consumerism: An A-to-Z Guide. SAGE, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4129-9685-3 , pp. 447 f.
  12. ↑ Moya Kneafsey, Rosie Cox, Lewis Holloway, Elizabeth Dowler, Laura Venn, Helena Tuomainen: Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food: Exploring Alternatives. Berg, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84788-618-7 , p. 2 f.
  13. ↑ Organic box schemes are growing - but are they still the ethical option? In: The Guardian . April 5, 2013.
  14. ↑ Martina Kittler, Christa Schmedes: Seasonal cuisine for the family: 250 recipe ideas that succeed easily and everyone likes. Gräfe und Unzer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8338-1732-8 , p. 16.