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Caroline Gonyora, Metro Organics, holding fresh beetroot
Caroline Gonyora, Metro Organics

Know your farmer. Feed your family. Build your community.

We began by sharing a fish and a cheese, then we added farmers one by one.

Food grown in living soil, delivered to your neighbourhood. The farmer sets the price. No hidden markups, no middlemen, just real food.

One small order. One real farmer. One neighbourhood at a time.

Active clubs across South Africa
57
Members and counting
9,800+
Orders processed
48,000+

What you get

  • Fewer food miles

    Farm to neighbourhood

  • Nutrient-dense food

    Healthy soil grows healthy food

  • Fair prices

    Set by the farmer, not a supermarket

  • Know your farmer

    A direct line to the people growing your food

  • Find your people

    A community who cares about the same things

  • Reconnect

    Know where your food actually comes from

Find your nearest Food Club

Skip the supermarket. Eat with your neighbourhood!

Find a Food Club near you and start ordering real food from real farmers this week.

Where are you based?

  • Busy food club market day
  • Food club community gathering
  • Kids weighing tomatoes at Food Club
  • Food club in action
  • Food club in action
  • Streetscapes team at food club market day

How It Works

One ecosystem. 55 independent clubs.

  • Members

    For Members

    Vote with your fork.

    1. Browse your Club's online shop
    2. Place your order
    3. Collect on market day
    Join your nearest club here →
  • Host with food box

    For Hosts

    Turn your community into a food movement.

    1. Apply to Host a Club
    2. We set up your platform
    3. Open your first shop
    Host your Food Club here →
  • Supplier delivery van

    For Suppliers

    Sell regenerative produce directly to communities who care.

    1. Apply to supply
    2. Get vetted by our team
    3. Start receiving orders
    Supply a Food Club here →
  • Food Club House

    The Hub

    The ecosystem behind every club.

    1. Connects independent clubs across SA
    2. Vets and supports suppliers
    3. Backs Hosts with years of collective know-how
    Contact the Hub →

The current food system can't be changed — it must be replaced.

The problem

4 supermarket chains control 97% of what South Africans eat.

Shoprite, Pick n Pay, Spar and Woolworths dominate our food system — squeezing farmers, driving down quality, and extracting value at every step.

The injustice

In some cases farmers receive as little as 6% of the end price.

Prices received by farmers have declined in real terms since the 1990s. The system isn't broken by accident — it's designed this way.

The alternative

Together our Members buy R2.5M a month away from big ag.

Every Food Club order goes directly to a farmer who sets their own price, gets paid within 7 days, and sees their exact percentage displayed on every invoice.

But the real cost isn't at the till. It's in the ground.

The soil

South Africa is losing its topsoil.

Industrial farming strips nutrients, kills microbial life and leaves land dependent on chemical inputs just to produce the next crop. We are farming our soil to death.

The health

Over 60% of South African deaths are from non-communicable diseases.

Many preventable through better eating. We've moved from growing diverse crops to producing the majority of our calories from a handful of starches.

The alternative

Regenerative farming can reverse this — and it's happening here.

New data from our sister organisation Regen Ag SA (opens in a new tab) shows double the rainfall captured, triple the cattle, and 60% higher biodiversity — in just 5 years.

“We're not claiming to have all the answers, but it's a beautiful way to buy food”
— Haley Price, Hout Bay GFC Host

Small act. Big change.

Sources: Tracey Ledger, An Empty Plate, 2017; World Health Organisation; RegenAgSA.org

→ Read more about why this matters

Voices from the network

Steph Rowe, Farmer, Veldt Reared Pasture Raised Chicken
“Food clubs make a huge difference for us as farmers because they shorten the chain. That means we can focus on farming.”

— Steph Rowe

Farmer, Veldt Reared Pasture Raised Chicken

Our values

  • Regeneration
  • Transparency
  • Fairness to producers
  • Community
  • Knowing our farmers
  • Local sourcing

See our values in action here →

Where does your money go?

Here is our pricing model.

Supplier delivery van

Producer price

Sets their own price, includes logistics

Food Club Hub

Hub fee 5%

  • No fee on Host's own groceries
  • No fee on Host-to-Host trade
  • No payment when no sales
Host with food box

Host fee 10–15%

  • Host chooses markup per product
  • Can add a market day fee
Members walking

Member's price

Producer % visible on every invoice

To date on 1 April 2026, for every R100 spent through Food Club Hub, this was the breakdown of who received what:

  • R86.64 → Supplier (the farmer / food-maker + internal logistics)86.64%
  • R10.65 → Host (running the club & Market Day fee)10.65%
  • R2.55 → Food Club Hub (platform + network + support)2.55%
  • R2.15 → External logistics & packers2.15%
  • R0.14 → Debited extras0.14%
Fresh vegetables being shared at a Food Club market day

Ready to eat differently?

Every order reaches a real farmer, supports a real Host, and builds something fairer — one neighbourhood at a time.

Have a different question for us?

Drop us a message and we’ll get back to you.