We offer cooperators from all over the Lausanne area baskets of tasty vegetables grown in a way that respects the living world. According to the model of community supported agriculture (CSA), we offer you yearly subscriptions. In exchange for the price of the subscription and your participation in the cooperative’s activities, we will deliver 40 baskets per year, depending on the products harvested in the fields.
The cooperators come to make their baskets on Tuesday evenings from 5 to 7 pm at the communal bread oven in Prilly. Those who wish it can have their weekly basket delivered on Wednesdays to one of our drop-off points in the Lausanne area, for an additional 3.00 per basket.
We also offer the possibility of a one-month trial subscription to the Mule weekly baskets.
The baskets
Small basket (2 pers.) 29.- per week for 8 half days of work for the cooperative. (Price varies with number of half-days per year)
Big Basket (4 pers.) 44.- per week for 8 half days of work for the cooperative. (Price varies with number of half-days per year)
Social share
Every member buys a non-refundable share for CHF 200.-
The buy in of additionnal social shares is strongly recommanded to help the cooperative, and serves as a loan, to help finance the infrastrucutre.
Subscription
Everyone can subscribe to our baskets, small or big. We offer yearly subscriptions, with 40 deliveries, from may to april. Four payement options are available : yearly, per semester, trimester or month.
Delivery points
We invite our members to come the Tuesday evening, from 5pm to 7pm. The vegetables are brought fresh from the field, and everyone composes their baskets. For those who can’t make it to the tuesday evening, we offer bike deliveries to different places in the Lausanne area, on wednesday morning :
Prilly :
Electro bike zone, Avenue de la Rapille 2
Fondation Primeroche, avenue de la confrérie 44
Lausanne
La Pédale, avenue d’Echallens 24
Basic, rue de la Pontaise 27
Magasins du monde, Place de la Riponne 10
Romanel
Chemin du taulard 2
Jouxtens-Mézery
Commune, Chemin de Beau Cèdre 1
Half-days – your active contribution
In addition to the payment of their basket, our cooperators are asked for 2 to 8 half days of work per year, during which they actively take part in the life of the cooperative, meet the farmers team and other cooperators. The work is diverse, from helping in the fields, holding the market on tuesday evening, transforming the products of our fields, or getting involved in the voluntary coordination team.
If you wish to enroll, but are afraid of the physical work, please contact us ! We will find together a solution adapted to your needs and capacities. We indeed have a very wide range of additionnal tasks, from writing recipies, to holding stands during events …
The price of the basket varies depending on the number of half-days you sign up for. We calculated our prices with 8 per cooperator, and that’s what we recommand, but other options are available :
Companies
We offer to open a delivery point in the offices of our partner companies, making the baskets available for their collaborators, from 10 subscriptions onward. We are at disposal to discuss other partnerships (info@lamule.ch)