Eurl Le Biau Jardin

What Eurl Le Biau Jardin does

Le Biau Jardin is a cooperative (SCIC) organic market garden founded in 1997 in Gerzat, Puy-de-Dôme, France, operating 20 hectares of agricultural land with 13 hectares dedicated to vegetable cultivation under a 2,200 m² glass greenhouse. The company produces certified organic vegetables via crop rotation, natural pest management, and direct seeding, and is concurrently structured as an Entreprise d'Insertion employing 16 people in socio-professional integration pathways supervised by 13 permanent staff. Its social mission is encoded in its governance: more than 200 cooperators — including employees, consumers, local authorities, and associations — hold 100% of the capital under a one-person-one-vote principle.

The core product is a weekly vegetable basket subscription billed monthly by direct debit, with two sizes (€13 petit, €18.50 grand), delivered to over 40 pickup points across the Puy-de-Dôme department on Thursdays and Fridays. Optional add-ons include fruit portions (€7 or €14/week), a 6-egg box (€3/week), and 500g organic bread (€3.20/week). Beyond subscriptions, the company operates a multi-channel distribution system: an on-site farm boutique (épicerie à la ferme) carrying hundreds of organic and fair-trade references from 50+ Auvergne producers, the Biau Drive online ordering platform, a demi-gros wholesale channel serving restaurant professionals, and supply through SCIC Auvergne Bio Distribution to school canteens and company restaurants.

Monetization combines recurring subscription revenue with retail, wholesale, and institutional supply channels. The company is certified Agriculture Biologique by Bureau Veritas with Nature & Progrès mention, holds ESUS status, and has Convention Entreprise d'Insertion, providing access to public subsidies (DIRECCTE, regional, European, departmental, municipal) that supplement commercial revenue. The business is geographically bounded to a single French department and serves individual consumers, AMAP members, restaurants, retailers, and public institutions through a circuit-court (short supply chain) model anchored by a 28-year operational track record.

Name

Eurl Le Biau Jardin

Legal name

LE BIAU JARDIN (SA)

Website

https://lebiaujardin.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Le Biau Jardin is a SCIC organic market garden in Gerzat, France, delivering weekly vegetable basket subscriptions to over 40 pickup points plus on-site farm boutique, Biau Drive, and wholesale channels serving individual consumers, restaurants, and institutions in Puy-de-Dôme.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organic Produce Subscription Farming

NAICS

Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming (111219), Vegetable and Melon Farming (11121), Food Crops Grown Under Cover (11141), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (424480)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140)

akta.pro primary industry

Organic Vegetable & Melon Farming (Open-Field) (AFAGAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organic Produce Wholesale (AFAIACAE), Greenhouse Vegetable Production (Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers, Leafy Greens) (AFAGAHAA), Fresh Vegetable Wholesale (AFAIACAB), Natural, Organic & Health Foods Wholesale Distribution (CRAOAAAK)

Keywords

• Organic vegetable baskets
• Farm-to-consumer produce
• Organic market gardening
• Subscription produce delivery
• Social insertion enterprise

Headquarters

HQ city

Gerzat

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Weekly Basket Subscriptions: Recurring weekly or monthly subscriptions for vegetable baskets (petit panier at €13/week or grand panier at €18.50/week) with optional add-ons for fruits, eggs, and bread. Billing is monthly via direct debit or annual cheque. Subscription includes 48 deliveries per year with 4 weeks of vacation included.
2. Farm Boutique Sales: On-site farm shop (épicerie à la ferme) selling hundreds of references of organic, local, fair trade products from over 50 Auvergne producers. Products include fruits, vegetables, eggs, bread, bulk goods, meat, dairy, honey, syrups, beers, cosmetics, and household products.
3. Biau Drive: Online ordering platform (biaudrive.fr) for farm products with pickup or delivery options.
4. Demi-gros (Wholesale): Wholesale supply of fresh organic vegetables to restaurant professionals and caterers, with weekly delivery in Clermont-Ferrand area and via basket routes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Eurl Le Biau Jardin operates an organic market garden in Gerzat, France, producing certified organic (Agriculture Biologique) vegetables on approximately 13 hectares of open field and a 2,200 m² greenhouse. It sells its produce primarily through a weekly vegetable basket subscription service delivered to over 40 pickup points across Puy-de-Dôme, complemented by an on-site farm shop offering hundreds of organic, local and fair-trade products from 50+ Auvergne producers, an online Biau Drive ordering service, and a wholesale (Demi-Gros) channel supplying restaurant professionals.

Product overview

Le Biau Jardin operates a diversified farm-to-consumer local food system centered on organic market gardening. The core offering is a weekly vegetable basket subscription service (Paniers Bio) available in two sizes with optional fruit, egg, and bread add-ons, delivered to over 40 pickup points across Puy-de-Dôme. The business complements this with an on-farm shop (Epicerie à la Ferme) featuring products from 50+ local producers, a Biau Drive online ordering platform, a wholesale division (Demi-Gros) for professional buyers, and seasonal bulk produce boxes. All operations are rooted in social insertion principles as a SCIC cooperative.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 1,000 baskets prepared and distributed weekly, with over 90% delivered to pickup points
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AUVABIOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Le Biau Jardin participates in AUVABIO, a grouping of organic market gardeners and arboriculturists in Auvergne, created in 2018. This enables wholesale supply to retailers and processors through the cooperative.
• Auvergne Bio Distribution (SCIC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Le Biau Jardin became associated with and supplier of SCIC Auvergne Bio Distribution, which handles logistics for supplying organic products to school canteens and company restaurants in Auvergne. This partnership enables institutional food service supply.
• Ville de GerzatcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMunicipal support partner of the cooperative. Provides ongoing support as the host municipality of the farm.
• Clermont Auvergne MétropolecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMetropolitan area support partner providing funding and partnership for local food systems development.
• Département Puy-de-DômecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerDepartmental council support partner for local agriculture and social insertion initiatives.
• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerPublic employment service that refers job seekers in difficulty to the insertion program at Le Biau Jardin.
• Bureau VeritasminorOthersCertification organization providing Agriculture Biologique certification under European regulations.
• SCOP (Société Coopérative)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCooperative federation providing network support and representation for SCIC structure.
• Fédération des Entreprises d'InsertionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational federation representing insertion companies, providing network and advocacy support.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Biocoop: France's largest network of organic retail stores (~700+ locations), many of which serve as Le Biau Jardin pickup points. Overlaps on organic sourcing and customer base but operates at national retail scale.
• Ferme de Gally: Established peri-urban organic farm and farm-shop operator near Paris offering pick-your-own, retail, and CSA baskets. Comparable organic market-gardening + farm-shop + basket business model at larger established scale.

Regional players

• Les Paniers Marseillais / Les Cols Verts: Subscription organic vegetable basket delivery service in France. Comparable basket-subscription business model, but operates in different regional geographies (Paris / southern France) rather than Auvergne.

Direct peers

• Réseau Cocagne (Jardins de Cocagne): National federation of ~100 organic market-garden insertion farms across France using the same Jardins de Cocagne model that Le Biau Jardin originated from in 1997. Operates identical subscription-basket + insertion-employee + organic-certification model. Direct peer.
• La Ruche qui dit Oui: Online marketplace connecting local producers directly with consumers via weekly pickup points. Competes for the same French local/organic basket-subscription customer with a more digital, scalable model and broader producer network.
• Auvergne Bio Distribution: SCIC partner cooperative that handles logistics for institutional organic food service (school canteens, company restaurants) in Auvergne — Le Biau Jardin is both a supplier and shareholder. Direct institutional-channel peer.

Emerging players

• La Ferme du Bonheur: Peri-urban organic farm near Paris combining CSA baskets, farm shop, restaurant, and educational programs. Comparable triple-mission (organic + social/community + education) approach to Le Biau Jardin's social-insertion model.
• AMAP Auvergne (network): Regional network of Associations pour le Maintien d'une Agriculture Paysanne — community-supported agriculture partnerships referenced by Le Biau Jardin. Competes for the same consumer subscription basket relationships in Auvergne.
• Day by Day (Réseau Zero Déchet): French zero-waste bulk retail franchise that hosts Le Biau Jardin pickup points in Clermont-Ferrand. Overlaps in organic/short-supply-chain customer base and pickup-point ecosystem, but operates a different business model (bulk retail).

Others

• Vrac & Bio (Un Plus Bio): National federation of organic bulk retail shops in France. Adjacent ecosystem partner — the farm boutique already stocks bulk goods and could evolve into a Vrac & Bio affiliate. Comparable organic short-supply-chain retail positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Lebiaujardin1
• Instagraminstagram.com/lebiaujardin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/le-biau-jardin

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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