Yarn &
Yield
A REGENERATIVE INTERMEDIARY
Yarn and Yield is a regenerative intermediary using the Co-operative legal structure to support regenerative enterprises and projects on land in a Community Land Trust.
Unlike individual cooperatives, a community cooperative focuses on serving the community’s collective needs rather than individual needs. Community cooperatives aim to create a more equitable and sustainable economy that serves the needs of residents instead of generating profits for external shareholders. By pooling resources and working together, members can achieve economies of scale, reduce costs and develop other services that better meet the communities’ needs.
As a regenerative intermediary, we will shift business from a linear, extractive economic model to one that is restorative and beneficial for both people and the planet.
Using the Collective Impact framework, we will act as a container for change, building a network that supports regeneration. Our role will be to support community-driven organisations with administration and operations, improve existing systems, co-create new ones, and develop partnerships, processes, and resources to help them grow and make a bigger impact.
As caretakers of the land in the Community Land Trust, we provide administrative support to protect it and ensure its sustainable, community-friendly use.
Regenerative Intermediary
Yarn and Yield will create a Community Land Trust to secure community land out of the speculative market, ensuring it is available for future generations to develop services that benefit their local communities. Yarn and Yield will be a non-distributing cooperative with a not-for-profit legal entity with a charity status. We will be able to accept donations to support our work. Our efforts will be focused on creating and supporting other service cooperatives, social enterprises and the Community Land Trust.
We want to work with landowners who wish to see their land protected for the community and future generations. The CLT will raise community funds to acquire land from private landowners at market value, giving them a way to receive a return on their investment. Private landowners can provide for their families while securing the custodianship of the land for future generations.
Our first landowner wants to sell their land to the Community Land Trust, located in West Woombye. We hope it will be the first of many lands that we will be able to secure out of the speculative market and take custodianship off for the benefit of the community. If you are a landowner who would like to start a conversation about how we might be able to help you keep your dream of how your land will benefit future generations, please reach out. We hope to have a network of many land in our CLT, providing services for the community by the community.
Our first cooperative will be an urban farm on the property in West Woombye. With the founding support from the team at Sunshine Syntropics we will support them in developing their producer cooperative.
Get in touch
Our Location
West Woombye, Sunshine Coast
E-mail Us
hello@yarnandyield.au