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compensate for the fact that in an urban context is difficult to gardening and contact with the peasants and farmers virtually disappears. But what is the reason for this success? speak with members of different cooperatives to know what prompted them
compensate for the fact that in an urban context is difficult to gardening and contact with the peasants and farmers virtually disappears. But what is the reason for this success? speak with members of different cooperatives to know what prompted them create them, how they work, and whether or not this option gives more control over the origin and quality of what
consume.
create our cooperative to consume organic products consumer groups, "explains Engràcia 
Valls, a member of the cooperative power
Ecological Manduca, Sant Feliu de Guixols. . And the choice options are limited. 'There are many boats colors, but the products are manufactured by two or three
Valls, a member of the cooperative power Ecological Manduca, Sant Feliu de Guixols. . And the choice options are limited. 'There are many boats
companies. Change the package design but the choice is illusory, "says
member of the Xarxa de Consum Solidari motto organic food cooperatives could be 'we ensure coordinated to ensure the protection
project carried out is an impact on the entire economic system established 'and stresses that organic food cooperatives allow a consumer group to act together assessing social and ethical aspects "of food production. Codina stresses the importance of 'protecting the figure of the peasant and avoid middlemen that emphasize the product's price. " And the result? 'Products good quality, with a direct contact with the peasant producer, healthy and ecological
decide and know what we eat. " These are groups of consumers
of organic farming. 
Roger Codina, a member of the cooperative Manresa
Almàixera argues that one purpose of Common ' he remarks. The organic food cooperative The main advantage to be part of a cooperative is "to know resolve questions about the process of product development and production, "explains
Cydonia are 46 families that make up the project, 'says What does it take to launch a cooperative organic food? Codina says that 'when a group starts, there is more work to when the cooperative already has created dynamics. " The members of the cooperative are usually organized into five major groups : Purchasing Committee ( seeking new suppliers, make the necessary orders) Infrastructure Committee (look for the material needed for local), Economic Commission (charging orders), External Relations Commission ( attend meetings with other cooperatives and publicize their projects other group members) and, finally, the Industrial Relations Commission internal ( distributes and assigns the task to be accomplished, preparation of boxes, cleaning , assemblies, etc.). The average weekly hours devoted to tasks Each cooperative decides the number of persons eligible to be part 
. "Manage more than 40 baskets is beginning to be difficult ' joining a cooperative, which unfortunately is full. The most common is that there is a waiting list of people who want to join formation process of the new cooperative, making a leave the cooperative volunteer initial part, to become a member of the new to resolve the doubts that they arise from within. And where there are more waiting lists? 'In Barcelona and Metropolitan Area is where cooperatives have emerged more eco power and where there are more waiting lists, "said Fernandez, adding that in the Maresme, Vallès and there Baix Llobregat high demand. In the land of Girona, Tarragona and Manresa, by the contrary, there is less flow. The waiting time to pass part of a cooperative between 6 months and one year. 
Direct contact with farmers Barcelona, \u200b\u200bbegan his project 13 years ago. "We started being 
8 or 9 couples seeking a concrete way to eat and now Xavi Fernández,
member of the Board of Cydonia . The ingredients are the existence of a group of conscious individuals and eager to choose a buying organic food, good organization and dialogue. 'It
take months to move from theory to practice,' says Xavi Fernandez .
for the cooperative is 2 to 3 hours per family or member of the cooperative.
. "Manage more than 40 baskets is beginning to be difficult ' explains
Engràcia Valls. Sometimes the brake is determined by the local space
: if the place is small from a
number of partners can no longer grow. For this purpose are the waiting lists
point where those who would number of partners can no longer grow. For this purpose are the waiting lists
other cooperatives, and when you reach a number of people concrete, 20 registered, there is the idea of \u200b\u200bforming
a new cooperative, "he adds. Members of cooperatives and guided consolidated in the process of creation of new cooperatives its members. "We summoned, we explain our routines of operation, we had a list of our suppliers and answer to the doubts and questions that confront us," explains Fernandez. Codina
indicates that sometimes chooses to accompany all who buy the products, know what you do and agree with the way you do ', emphasizes Xavier Montagut. cooperatives organized, from time to time, visits to rural providers.
'They ask questions, see how they work and Engràcia Valls.
But as contacts with suppliers? "There are farmers who grow vegetables cooperatives. Other times, the same members of the cooperative know a farmer and others propose members. A third option is to visit farmers through other cooperatives that recommend certain suppliers, "explains The fight against GMOs and the recovery of sovereignty Montagut stresses that "food sovereignty is a control strategy that aims restore public and producers control feeding now in the hands of a few mutinacionals oriented maximize profits. This implies a healthy, sustainable, fair and adequate culturally. " And how can we recover? the peasant movement, around the world along with consumers, environmentalists, NGOs is demanding a shift in the agricultural and food policies and is being implemented with agro-ecological farms, with commercial projects equitable organizing citizens to consume 
agro products, proximity and fair compensation to all 
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ecological and themselves offer their products Xavi Fernandez.
food
agro products, proximity and fair compensation to all those involved in the food chain 'stresses Montagut.
This is one of the aims pursued by the cooperatives
organic food. The other is to prevent the seeds of genetically modified foods
the environmental contamination due to mixing of the two types of seeds
with the help of the wind. Montagut is of the opinion that
seeds of transgenic foods are invasive and therefore
must stop production. "Society is very sensitive to this issue, although economic power strip away," says Montagut, adding, "Catalonia is a leader in GM products, the corn is genetically modified produce
used for animal feed and then consume
as animal flesh." The platform 'Som
what sembrem '
working to get the labeling of genetically modified food
. 'The GM has a bad press, if
people knew what GM and stop buying, companies forego
produce more', believes Roger Codina.
prominent figures According to the Observatory de l'Eco Alimentació Catalunya,
31% of the population surveyed said that consume organic products
31% of the population surveyed said that consume organic products
, albeit sporadically. And as usual the
percentage is 2.6%.
In Catalonia today there are about 123 groups, associations or cooperatives
organic food, according to eco-consumption, the Coordinator
Catalan organic food cooperatives. A eco-consumption,
but are registered only twenty groups
found a couple of times a year to make decisions jointly and
exchange information of interest.
* The photos show: Engràcia Valls Xavi Fernandez and
Xavier Montagut. (Author: L. Bassagaña)
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