Practice Abstract - Research and innovation

The Gardens of Cocagne

Les Jardins de Cocagne

The "Jardins de Cocagne" are non profit organic vegetable farms part of the same network, which objective is to support social and professional insertion. Those structures employ people with a complicated personal financial situation, and who have profesionnal or social issues. Those people help producing organic vegetables which are sold as weekly baskets to subscriber-consumers who have to pick up their baskets at the farm by themseves. People who work at the farm are also trained and helped to be reinserted in the professional market. It is not supposed to remain a permanent job. This way, people with a complicated social or professional situation can get involved in a valorising activity and get paid while lookig for reinsertion, while local consumers can get weekly fresh and organic vegetables while supporting others.

The employees see their life conditions improving and are helped to get a job while consumers by ethical fresh and organic vegetables.

Integrating a social dimension in the short supply chain approach.

Les Jardins de Cocagne sont une association à but non lucratif favorisant les personnes en difficulté sociale ou professionnelle. Les personnes employées dans les jardins de cocagne seront formées afin de garantir leur réinsertion, et les produits qu'elles vendent seront vendus à des consommateurs-adhérents de leur assiation. Les légumes cultivés sont bio.

Les employés voient leurs conditions de vies améliorées et retrouvent à terme un emploi, tandis que les consommateurs achètent des fruits et légumes éthiques, bio et frais.

Il peut être intéressant d'intégrer une dimension sociale dans l'approche des circuits courts.

Source Project
SKIN - Short supply chains Knowledge & Innovation Network
Ongoing | 2016-2019
Main funding source
Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
Geographical location
Italy
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