Your inquiry provides a wonderful opportunity to share a new publication
with you and the SANET world -- The Many Faces of Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA): A Guide to Community Supported Agriculture in Indiana,
Michigan, & Ohio. The guide profiles CSA farms, their philosophy and
activitey within all three states. "Many Faces" is the result of a
year-long collaborative effort among the Michigan Organic Food and Farm
Alliance (MOFFA), the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA),
and Sustainable Earth, Inc., and was supported by a Professional
Development Program grant from the North Central Region Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Extension program (NCR SARE).
Dr. Laura Delind, anthropologist and CSA member, coordinated the project
and edited the 107-page book. Each of the 35 CSA's it profiles is unique,
and reading about them is a great way to get "the feel" of CSA life and
meet the people who are involved. They share both the opportunities and
the challenges they have experienced.
Copies of the book have been sent to county Extension offices in Michigan,
Ohio and Indiana. Additional copies are available for $10/copy including
shipping and handling, from MOFFA, PO Box 530, Hartland, MI 48353,
810-632-7952; OEFFA, PO Box 82234, Columbus, OH 43202, 614-267-3663;
Sustainable Earth, Inc., 100 Georgeton Ct., West Lafayette, IN 47906,
765-463-9366. You may also contact Dr. DeLind directly at
delind@pilot.msu.edu or 517-355-7490.
Susan B. Smalley
Extension Specialist
Sustainable Food & Farming Systems smalley@msue.msu.edu
Michigan State University 517-432-0049 Voice
Department of Crop & Soil Sciences 517-353-3834 Fax
270 Plant & Soil Science Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1325
>02:37 PM 5/12/99 +0000, Paul Cook (COUNTRYSIDE) wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>I am currently conducting research into the CSA experience in the US, with a
>view to looking at whether the principle would translate to the UK farming
>system.
>Do you know of any other reports/publications that provide an overview of the
>CSA experience in the US so far?. Highlights, problems, legalities etc.
>
>PAUL COOK
>Farming & Forestry Branch
>Countryside Agency
>John Dower House
>Crescent Place
>Cheltenham
>Gloucestershire
>GL50 3RA
>England
>UK
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