Support Southland's Longwood Loop - help us buy an electric van!

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Support Southland's Longwood Loop - Help Us Buy An Electric Van!

Project 2021-04-23 09:06:29 +1200

The Longwood Loop is a not for profit community food resilience loop, that connects the small rural towns surrounding the Longwood Mountains in Western Southland. Our electric van will travel from town to town bringing fresh, locally grown and made food to community hubs, picking up more produce to bring to the next hub . Everything would be ordered on an online "farmers market' so buyers know who grows the food and where.

The Longwood Loop will provide an important outlet for food growers and crafts people to sell what they produce, and will increase access to good food, and community connection for many in Western Southland, once established this van will serve 3 more "Loops" each week covering more than half of rural Southland.

When there is some form of natural disaster or transport disruption, we have only 3 days supply of food in our supermarkets, as this food comes from all over the world and only a tiny fraction of it comes from the Southland region.  Now is the time, before disaster strikes, to re-localise some of our basic needs - things that we can grow and produce locally.

The Longwood Loop & the Electric Van to the rescue!

Re-localising will bring rejuvenation and resilience to our small country towns - food growers and producers will have access to the low-cost transport loop: their market will grow to 4,000+ people without having to leave their township. This will considerably reduce costs for producers, leading to lower prices for consumers.

This is a pilot for re-localising food for rural NZ - we have an online platform where locals can buy directly from locals, and with the electric van we are raising money for, no producer or consumer need to go more than 10km to buy or sell food through a trading hub.

This will socially, economically and environmentally benefit rural NZ: If just 20% of rural NZ spent just 20% of their current food bill locally, 1.5 million dollars would go back to rural NZ each week!

This van is initially for Western Southland and will travel 165km around the Longwood mountain range. Once we have this working well we will do 3 more loops with this one van: Central Southland, Northern Southland and Fiordland, at least once a week.

We have already received $36,000 from Community Trust South for this fabulous new e-deliver van: this campaign is for the balance. It is $5,000 more for the larger battery, so $20,000 pledged would be ideal. If we get pledged more than we need we will subsidise the running costs of the van while trading builds up. Eventually it will be self-funding with 10% of all trade used to run the loop. You can watch a review of the e-deliver here: https://youtu.be/IiCN2OrMMqo

South Coast Enviromnent Society  is a registered charity so all pledges are tax deductable and we email reciepts on request.

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Thanks everyone! We are going to make it and if we get to $20,000 we can get the bigger battery

31/05/2021 at 1:33 PM

The bigger battery will enable the van to do each loop without needed to be charged in the way even when the van is fully laden. 

Thanks everyone for pledging to enable this amazing project to go ahead!

 

 

This project is a pilot for all rural NZ. This van will serve half of Southland and bring the source of fresh food back home.

29/05/2021 at 10:19 PM

We are so close, we have raised $46.800, with $4,200 to go for the EV distribution van. Please give a little and share ASAP as the Pledgeme campaign closes 4pm Monday!
Check out the great rewards there is honey, hampers, forest garden tours, meals and accommodation and more!

Three new rewards added and five days to go!

26/05/2021 at 9:31 PM

It is now time to pledge and share, with 5 days to go, and we have added 3 more reward levels gifted by more supporters.

It is great that with crowd funding we can do this, and be the start of bringing the source of NZ food home.  In Southland only 5% of our food is sourced from Southland presently, it is time to turn the tide.

If just 40 people gift us $100, 40 people gift us $50 and 40 people gift us $25 we can be the change NZ needs.  If you have already gifted share again with all you contacts.  We can do this!

A week to go to secure the van

24/05/2021 at 4:12 PM

We have raised a total of $42,350 so far and ONLY $8,650 to go!

Thank you to eveyone who has pledged so generously so far we are nearly there.  Now is a great time to let your friends and family know to pledge or share so we can get over the line. Lots of little pledges add up quickly.  Thanks for your support.

 

    Pledgers 125

    Anonymous pledger
    26/05/2021 at 12:02pm

    "Go the Loop!"

    Jessica Marie
    25/05/2021 at 10:10pm

    "Great initiative! Hope to see it spread far and wide."

    Tanya Batt
    25/05/2021 at 6:20pm

    "What a wonderful initiative! I trust it's a success. "

    HappenFilms
    25/05/2021 at 2:51pm
    Oli Cameron
    25/05/2021 at 8:50am

    "Fingers crossed!"

    Anonymous pledger
    24/05/2021 at 7:22pm
    Lynne Brodie
    24/05/2021 at 6:21pm

    "Hoping this campaign gets up and running."

    Anonymous pledger
    24/05/2021 at 11:28am

    "Cliff Donaghy, happy to support this awesome project!"

    Emma carle
    23/05/2021 at 10:04pm

    "All the best guys! Great initiative :) "

    Deb Diack
    23/05/2021 at 9:47pm
    Anonymous pledger
    23/05/2021 at 5:21pm

    "Fantastic project, very happy to support it"

    Carol H Clapp
    23/05/2021 at 12:29pm

    "Good luck for the project!"

    Stephen McLuckie
    23/05/2021 at 10:04am

    "Fantastic mahi the Longwood Loop team, well done Robert, Robyn, et al. "

    Anonymous pledger
    23/05/2021 at 5:40am

    "For the van: South Coast Environment Society 'Environmental inspiration and action'"

    Natasha Luxton
    22/05/2021 at 10:00pm
    Anonymous pledger
    22/05/2021 at 9:42pm
    Anonymous pledger
    22/05/2021 at 4:44pm
    Jens Jensen
    21/05/2021 at 1:08pm
    Amanda Nally
    21/05/2021 at 11:16am
    Anja O'Connor
    21/05/2021 at 8:09am

    "Awesome work, this could be all over NZ, local food security."

    Anonymous pledger
    21/05/2021 at 7:33am
    Anonymous pledger
    20/05/2021 at 11:19pm
    Anonymous pledger
    20/05/2021 at 11:10pm
    Anonymous pledger
    20/05/2021 at 10:23pm

    "Great community initiative"

    Anonymous pledger
    20/05/2021 at 8:51pm
    Anonymous pledger
    20/05/2021 at 8:37pm
    Anonymous pledger
    20/05/2021 at 8:07pm

    "This initiative builds local community and resilience and that's what's needed right now; thank you for providing the opportunity to support your excellent project."

    Diana Zadravec
    20/05/2021 at 7:32pm

    "Thank you for doing this!"

    Anonymous pledger
    20/05/2021 at 7:25pm

    "Pledging on behalf of Raylene"

    Anonymous pledger
    20/05/2021 at 6:57pm

    "David & I pledge $1,000 and look forward to taking the tour with you. Thanks for all of your hard work keeping this project moving forward. Tell Hollie I appreciate the teacup at Otautau :-)"

    Followers 1

    Followers of Support Southland's Longwood Loop - help us buy an electric van!

    Support Southland's Longwood Loop - Help Us Buy An Electric Van!

    Project 2021-04-23 09:06:29 +1200

    The Longwood Loop is a not for profit community food resilience loop, that connects the small rural towns surrounding the Longwood Mountains in Western Southland. Our electric van will travel from town to town bringing fresh, locally grown and made food to community hubs, picking up more produce to bring to the next hub . Everything would be ordered on an online "farmers market' so buyers know who grows the food and where.

    The Longwood Loop will provide an important outlet for food growers and crafts people to sell what they produce, and will increase access to good food, and community connection for many in Western Southland, once established this van will serve 3 more "Loops" each week covering more than half of rural Southland.

    When there is some form of natural disaster or transport disruption, we have only 3 days supply of food in our supermarkets, as this food comes from all over the world and only a tiny fraction of it comes from the Southland region.  Now is the time, before disaster strikes, to re-localise some of our basic needs - things that we can grow and produce locally.

    The Longwood Loop & the Electric Van to the rescue!

    Re-localising will bring rejuvenation and resilience to our small country towns - food growers and producers will have access to the low-cost transport loop: their market will grow to 4,000+ people without having to leave their township. This will considerably reduce costs for producers, leading to lower prices for consumers.

    This is a pilot for re-localising food for rural NZ - we have an online platform where locals can buy directly from locals, and with the electric van we are raising money for, no producer or consumer need to go more than 10km to buy or sell food through a trading hub.

    This will socially, economically and environmentally benefit rural NZ: If just 20% of rural NZ spent just 20% of their current food bill locally, 1.5 million dollars would go back to rural NZ each week!

    This van is initially for Western Southland and will travel 165km around the Longwood mountain range. Once we have this working well we will do 3 more loops with this one van: Central Southland, Northern Southland and Fiordland, at least once a week.

    We have already received $36,000 from Community Trust South for this fabulous new e-deliver van: this campaign is for the balance. It is $5,000 more for the larger battery, so $20,000 pledged would be ideal. If we get pledged more than we need we will subsidise the running costs of the van while trading builds up. Eventually it will be self-funding with 10% of all trade used to run the loop. You can watch a review of the e-deliver here: https://youtu.be/IiCN2OrMMqo

    South Coast Enviromnent Society  is a registered charity so all pledges are tax deductable and we email reciepts on request.

    Comments

    You need to pledge to see this update.

    Thanks everyone! We are going to make it and if we get to $20,000 we can get the bigger battery

    31/05/2021 at 1:33 PM

    The bigger battery will enable the van to do each loop without needed to be charged in the way even when the van is fully laden. 

    Thanks everyone for pledging to enable this amazing project to go ahead!

     

     

    This project is a pilot for all rural NZ. This van will serve half of Southland and bring the source of fresh food back home.

    29/05/2021 at 10:19 PM

    We are so close, we have raised $46.800, with $4,200 to go for the EV distribution van. Please give a little and share ASAP as the Pledgeme campaign closes 4pm Monday!
    Check out the great rewards there is honey, hampers, forest garden tours, meals and accommodation and more!

    Three new rewards added and five days to go!

    26/05/2021 at 9:31 PM

    It is now time to pledge and share, with 5 days to go, and we have added 3 more reward levels gifted by more supporters.

    It is great that with crowd funding we can do this, and be the start of bringing the source of NZ food home.  In Southland only 5% of our food is sourced from Southland presently, it is time to turn the tide.

    If just 40 people gift us $100, 40 people gift us $50 and 40 people gift us $25 we can be the change NZ needs.  If you have already gifted share again with all you contacts.  We can do this!

    A week to go to secure the van

    24/05/2021 at 4:12 PM

    We have raised a total of $42,350 so far and ONLY $8,650 to go!

    Thank you to eveyone who has pledged so generously so far we are nearly there.  Now is a great time to let your friends and family know to pledge or share so we can get over the line. Lots of little pledges add up quickly.  Thanks for your support.

     

      Anonymous pledger
      26/05/2021 at 12:02pm

      "Go the Loop!"

      Jessica Marie
      25/05/2021 at 10:10pm

      "Great initiative! Hope to see it spread far and wide."

      Tanya Batt
      25/05/2021 at 6:20pm

      "What a wonderful initiative! I trust it's a success. "

      HappenFilms
      25/05/2021 at 2:51pm
      Oli Cameron
      25/05/2021 at 8:50am

      "Fingers crossed!"

      Anonymous pledger
      24/05/2021 at 7:22pm
      Lynne Brodie
      24/05/2021 at 6:21pm

      "Hoping this campaign gets up and running."

      Anonymous pledger
      24/05/2021 at 11:28am

      "Cliff Donaghy, happy to support this awesome project!"

      Emma carle
      23/05/2021 at 10:04pm

      "All the best guys! Great initiative :) "

      Deb Diack
      23/05/2021 at 9:47pm
      Anonymous pledger
      23/05/2021 at 5:21pm

      "Fantastic project, very happy to support it"

      Carol H Clapp
      23/05/2021 at 12:29pm

      "Good luck for the project!"

      Stephen McLuckie
      23/05/2021 at 10:04am

      "Fantastic mahi the Longwood Loop team, well done Robert, Robyn, et al. "

      Anonymous pledger
      23/05/2021 at 5:40am

      "For the van: South Coast Environment Society 'Environmental inspiration and action'"

      Natasha Luxton
      22/05/2021 at 10:00pm
      Anonymous pledger
      22/05/2021 at 9:42pm
      Anonymous pledger
      22/05/2021 at 4:44pm
      Jens Jensen
      21/05/2021 at 1:08pm
      Amanda Nally
      21/05/2021 at 11:16am
      Anja O'Connor
      21/05/2021 at 8:09am

      "Awesome work, this could be all over NZ, local food security."

      Anonymous pledger
      21/05/2021 at 7:33am
      Anonymous pledger
      20/05/2021 at 11:19pm
      Anonymous pledger
      20/05/2021 at 11:10pm
      Anonymous pledger
      20/05/2021 at 10:23pm

      "Great community initiative"

      Anonymous pledger
      20/05/2021 at 8:51pm
      Anonymous pledger
      20/05/2021 at 8:37pm
      Anonymous pledger
      20/05/2021 at 8:07pm

      "This initiative builds local community and resilience and that's what's needed right now; thank you for providing the opportunity to support your excellent project."

      Diana Zadravec
      20/05/2021 at 7:32pm

      "Thank you for doing this!"

      Anonymous pledger
      20/05/2021 at 7:25pm

      "Pledging on behalf of Raylene"

      Anonymous pledger
      20/05/2021 at 6:57pm

      "David & I pledge $1,000 and look forward to taking the tour with you. Thanks for all of your hard work keeping this project moving forward. Tell Hollie I appreciate the teacup at Otautau :-)"

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