Sharing the Harvest:
A Guide to Community-Supported Agriculture
A new guide to community-supported agriculture is now available, written
in part by Robyn Van En, who founded Induan Line Farm, the first
community-supported farm in The United States, and in part by Elizabeth
Henderson, co-author of The Real Dirt and a leader in
community-supported agriculture, or CSA, for more than a decade.
Sharing the Harvest questions what it means to have
grapes from Chile, apples from New Zealand, and tomatoes from Holland
in U.S. grocery stores. Fresh food can be surprisingly difficult to
find in our culture of abundance, and the search for it is close to the
heart of the CSA movement. CSA allows consumers to buy shares in a
farm's produce before it is planted, thus giving the farmer cash flow
when cash is needed; the CSA model also allows farmers to work directly
with consumers, allowing more of the consumer food dollar to stay on
the local farm.
Sharing the Harvest offers case histories, pointers,
models, and strategies for starting and running a CSA. The risks and
satisfactions of production, labor, and management vary greatly from
farm to farm, and the book captures the wide range of choices available
to people interested in starting a CSA operation. With charts, photos,
and a resource section, Sharing the Harvest is for
anyone interested in alternative farming. The book, which is the
product of a partnership with Northeast SARE and Chelsea Green
Publishing, can be ordered from Chelsea Green at 800/639-4099.
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Helen Husher
Writer/Editor
Northeast Region Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education (SARE) Program
Hills Building -- Carrigan Drive
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405-0082
Phone: 802-656-0554
Fax: 802-656-4656
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