Our aim with your support is to acquire a tractor and its tools so we can ramp up the farming process and turn it into a more efficient and more productive.
EN - Currently, the farming process is all done on a manual basis, although we do have a small motor-hoe which does assist in minimizing the effort. We have slightly above 2 hectares and whenever we want to work on the land we require renting from third parties. A cost that naturally reflects on our annual budget.
As such, we aim, through this fund-raising campaign, we aim to acquire a tractor and its tools so that we can ramp up the farming process and turn it into a more efficient one, and therefore the work on the farm will be less onerous and more productive.
We have circa 8000spm of land that we still need to monetize and make it more profitable, and this is achievable using some equipment and tools as resources. With the purchase of the tractor we will be able to offer to our consumers a bigger variety of vegetables and legumes and we can also increase the quantities but still offering competitive prices, allowing us to reach more consumers and increase our market share.
Cabaz
About the author
EN - Bio Habitus was born little over 5 years ago, through the vision of Francisco, when realising the need to offer high duly certified quality products in Porto city, directly from the farm to the consumer (eliminating the middle man).
In 2013, after securing the necessary certified land, it was time to brand the project with a name that reflected its main goals and the life style awareness and conscious spirit behind the project: and so, Bio Habitus is born.
The next stage was to promote, within the vast consumer, the consumption of organic products, free from chemicals and above all produced locally/nationally. We believe in the consumption of fresh products but also in the development of a close and trustworthy relationship between the producer and the consumer, breaking away from the big distribution chains and the monopolies and at the same time ensuring an environmental sustainable balance.
There is also a need to promote, amongst the consumer, a responsible and conscious consumption. It’s in the consumer’s rights not only to demand for quality products, as a means to achieve health benefits, but also to be concerned and cognisant about the social and environmental impact of his consumption habits, to choose local products and to participate in a fairer society whereby the profits are fairly distributed and the relationships of solidarity are built.
Francisco o mentor da Bio Habitus e promotor do projecto
Budget and due dates
EN - The funds will be used to acquire a tractor and tools such as “abre regos”, “fresa” and plow. The total investment amounts to 5000Euro, however we are requesting a more conscious and safe amount in this fund-raising campaign. The equipment we aim to purchase must be of a small dimension so that we can move and circulate in between the greenhouses and the fruit farm. In our funding requested amount we are including all the expenses related to the crowdfunding fees.