Created in 2013, Paysans-Artisans
is a cooperative with a social purpose established in 9 communes of the
Province of Namur and with nearly 800 cooperators. It markets the local and
artisanal products of more than 100 producers via online sales, 18 collection
points (les R'Aliments) where customers come to collect their orders, a
targeted presence on certain markets, farm shops and five of their own shops
located in Namur, Jambes, Salzinne, Lustin and Saint-Gérard.
Its ambition: to develop and professionalise
short-distance marketing to give it a real economic base and support
small-scale farming and crafts.
The cooperative directly employs 22 people, as well as a dozen others through a system of labour sharing within the framework of an employers' group.
Paysans-Artisans thinks big. A ‘Fabrique de Circuit court’ will soon be set up in the Suarlée area. By the end of 2020, five partners will together occupy a surface area of 2760 m2: a small poultry and rabbit slaughterhouse, a meat cutting workshop, a vegetable factory, a cannery, as well as the headquarters and warehouses of Ethiquable Benelux.
In order to develop a community of producers and consumers, continuing educational activities are not forgotten. The not-for-profit organisation ‘Les ateliers de Paysans-Artisans’ organises exchanges of know-how, as well as a people's university to develop a shared vision of issues related to agriculture and food.
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