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Community Supported Agriculture (or CSA) is a system developed by local peoples to create a localized food supply around the customer base.
Each farm offers shares to consumers and they receive, in turn, a portion of the harvest. This helps to defray the initial operating cost of each season's harvest.
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Explains CSA, helps find local farms, provides information on eating seasonally and regionally, provides CSA resources for farmers and helps locate organizations and Web sites.
Provides a history of this movement, its objectives, how it works, how it is organized and how it benefits consumers, families and farmers.
This short article by Robyn Van En, one of the founders of CSA in the US, overviews when and why the CSA movement hit the United States and is followed by "CSA Roots in Japan" by Brewster Kneen.
This short article by Robyn Van En, one of the founders of CSA in the US, overviews when and why the CSA movement hit the United States and is followed by "CSA Roots in Japan" by Brewster Kneen.
Provides a history of this movement, its objectives, how it works, how it is organized and how it benefits consumers, families and farmers.
Explains CSA, helps find local farms, provides information on eating seasonally and regionally, provides CSA resources for farmers and helps locate organizations and Web sites.
