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What is a CSA?


    Community Supported Agriculture, aka ‘CSA’ and/or ‘Teikei’ was developed in Japan in the 1970s as a way to link farmers with consumers in direct relationships, such that they share in the ups, downs, ins and outs of food production, distributing and mitigating the financial and climatic risk risk inherent to farming and sidestepping the commodification of food and all those exploitative middle men (such as our ‘big two’ supermarkets). CSA is an empowering acknowledgement of our mutual dependence. 














    Principles of Teikei:

    Principle of mutual assistance

    Principle of accepting the produce

    Principle of mutual concession in the price decision

    Principle of deepening friendly relationships

    Principle of self-distribution

    Principle of democratic management





























    Why CSA?


      We would like to get away from the commoditisation of the food we produce, where a commodity is stripped of its story in order to become a number and a label and take a market value. Labels, certifications and assurances, as much as they might provide an approximation of provenance, also create a barrier, something to hide behind. In that system producers are neither compelled or obliged to be public facing, while consumers are prevented from probing more deeply into the origins of their food, the people who produced it or the landscape it was drawn from. By contrast, we would like to invite you into and become part of our story--our challenges, learnings, achievements, striving to express our values in our farming and sharing what comes of it. 

      For us, setting up this CSA is a way to decommodify, to find supporters who we can speak to directly, and with that strength and support, commit to our story without compromise. 









      What do you get?


        Zintara beef delivered to your locale on a monthly basis

        Delivery to central pick up location in Brunswick, Port Melbourne and Surf Coast (Jan Juc)














        3kg/month
        $99

          5kg/month
          $165

          5

          8kg/month
          $264
















          Plus;


            Access to Zintara:

            Farm visits and tours by appointment 

            Camping access (must be booked ahead and depending on availability)

            Annual working bee and lunch

            Delivery to central pick up location in Brunswick, Port Melbourne and Surf Coast (Jan Juc)


            Transparency:

            Monthly email updates with goings-on around the farm

            Environmental impact and changes

            Future carbon auditing

            Livestock handling practices

            Ask us anything! Better yet, come see for yourself. The CSA should connect eaters more closely to the farm and knowledge of food production.