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French dairy farmers launch crowdfunding campaigns to create financial support opportunities and to help their transition to regenerative farming practices.
Last updated on March 24th, 2023
A contribution from Danone Ecosystem
Why does it matter?
Implementing regenerative agriculture best practices can reduce expenses and increase long-term farming resilience. However, access to finance is key to successfully transition to regenerative farming practices, as some actions may require financial investment that farmers cannot always afford.
How did we solve this?
Farmers launched crowdfunding campaigns, to find additional finance to support the implementation of regenerative practices (solar panels, soil preparation tools, barn extensions to store locally grown feed, etc.). MiiMOSA is a crowdfunding platform that the general public is quite familiar with, that can easily be used by farmers. The platform requires users to create a crowdfunding page to pitch their project and to set their financial goal.
Beyond providing additional funding (around 2.000€/campaign) to implement best practices, crowdfunding tightens the bond between farmers and the general public, and sensitises the general public to agricultural challenges, by involving them in the transition to regenerative food systems.
Opportunities for other farms?
Launching a crowdfunding campaign can be done by all farmers and is even suitable for projects with no short-term economic return on investment.
Visit the FRENCH TOOLBOX FOR FARMERS or DANONE ECOSYSTEM for more
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