Founded in 2011 in France, la Ruche qui dit Oui!/Boeren en Buren is a digital platform that facilitates sales directly from producer to consumer: from farm to plate! This app provides local producers the opportunity to have direct contact with large consumers' communities and to develop a local sales network. Producers and their clients can meet each other during the weekly distribution moments, where the orders that have been placed online, are delivered.
10 years later, more than 1000 hives (Buurderij / Ruche) have been opened in Europe (France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain).
La Ruche qui dit Oui!/Boeren & Buren marries social entrepreneurship and online innovation to propose a unique and dynamic model of a company contributing to both a social and solidarity economy and a transformative food system that is beneficial for the producer, the planet and the consumer’s wellbeing.
The network is decentralized, meaning that every hive is unique. All of these “points of distribution” contribute to a more fair and transparent food system by making positive and social impact.