Posted by: jmsinnz | December 24, 2009

Plum Currency

The Plum Drive is an opportunity to play with a local currency.
Here are our initial thoughts on this idea.

The unit of measure as a single 375gm jar of jam or chutney.

Labour/Time

The Chief cook on the day (Maureen) gets paid 4 jars/hr
Captains of the different functions that need to be overseen, get 3 jars/hr
Crew get 2 jars/hr
Helpers get 1 jar/hr

Product

A full bag* of plums will be paid for with 1 jar
10 clean, label-free jars with lids (no matter the size of the jars supplied) willbe paid for with 1 jar

* Last night I picked three full buckets, which fill a standard plastic (re-used) shopping bag, I weighed them at 6Kg each bag, and picked them in 30 mins

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Responses

  1. What a jammy idea. will be there as support, open to whatever role my talents dictate. Have made plum jam before (not an expert) and generally can do everything :) No plum surplus here thought (wait till the Feijoa’s are in!)

    Have a plummy silly season.

  2. hi James, per our chat about labels at the market. I had the idea that it would be good to call us
    ‘Everyones’. So the label would have that name/logo and then have some blanks where we can fill in ‘plum jam’ or ‘plum sauce’ and the date. What do you think? Eleanor

    • The labels are being printed now, and will be simply titled on the day, with the product name and date.


      From Drop Box


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