Setting up payment
Thanks for signing up to Ōtaki Vege Bags! You’re in store for a season’s worth of fresh, local vege and we’re really happy to have you on board.
Suggested value
Ōtaki Vege Bags work on a pay-what-you-can and pay-it-forward basis. The bags contain around $35 worth of spray free and organic vege each week. This $35 suggested value isn’t to pressure anyone to pay outside of their means, rather, we want to give members an idea of the ‘true cost’ of sustainably grown kai, as well as communicate our ‘break even’ point. We don’t grow kai with artificially cheap and destructive inputs (such as phosphate imported from the active genocide in the Western Sahara).
If $35 is too much to swing, no worries! The minimum payment is $0. We believe sustainable, ethically grown kai should be available to all.
If you’re in a position to, we ask that you pay it forward to enable others to access sustainably grown, local vege. Ōtaki Vege Bags is a system of mutual aid and is about community supporting community.
Payment
We are using GoCardless as our payment provider. This works by permitting a direct debit from your bank. You’ll only be direct debited for the course of the 13 week season, on the Wednesday leading up to vege bag collection.
You can change your payment at any time, and you can also contact us if you need to cancel your vege bag subscription.
Pick up or delivery
We encourage members to collect their vege bags from Ahoaho māra kai at Ōtaki College on Saturday mornings. This is a chance for growers and members to meet, plus you get to see where some of the kai comes from.
There are usually extras available for collection members too like excess herbs, chillies, unusual vege, and spare seedlings.
We offer delivery, but this is only available at a flat rate of $45, which covers our delivery costs. Delivery is only available within Ōtaki.
If you cannot make the occasional pick up day, you can collect on Mondays from the Crooked Vege farm on Waitohu Valley Road. You can also nominate a friend to collect your bag instead. Otherwise, we’ll get your vege bag to someone who needs it so it doesn’t go to waste.