Placing community supported agriculture in local food systems

In this manuscript, we focus on the place of CSA in LFSs. Using survey responses from 13 communities in the Southeastern United States, we ask how different ...

Farm to Table: Building Local and Regional Food Systems - SARE

Farmers sell their products directly to the consumer at farmers' markets, and via community-supported agriculture (CSA) and pick-your-own programs. Others use ...

Local Food Systems Overview - The National Agricultural Law Center

Although there is a recent growth trend in local food, many of the farming techniques used by local farms, such as regenerative agriculture and direct-to- ...

Local Foods and Communities - National Agricultural Library - USDA

Local foods are marketed through direct sales to consumers (eg, CSAs, farmers' markets, on-farm stores, or pick-your-own), food hubs, grocery stores, ...

Benefits of Local Community Supported Agriculture

By connecting farmers directly with consumers, the CSA model plays a critical role in creating a fair and resilient food system. In return for their membership ...

Factors Associated with Participation in Community Supported ...

Community supported agriculture (CSA) is one approach to improving access to fresh, whole FVs. CSA brings local farms and households together, ...

Fostering sustainable agriculture: An exploration of localised food ...

This study sheds light on the potential of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as a strategic initiative to foster the development of a more resilient, eco- ...

Local and Regional Food Systems - SARE

Food goes from farmer to table in fewer steps, by means of CSAs (Community-Supported Agriculture), local farmers' markets, cooperatives, ...

Community-supported agriculture as food democratic experimentalism

CSA is an umbrella term for different models in which consumers and producers join forces in order to maintain an organic local food system on the basis of ...

Community Supported Agriculture: An alternative local food system

Although the farmland belongs to the producer, the members perceive it as “their land”. It is a place where members can harvest, meet, relax and sometimes ...

The Radical Roots of Community Supported Agriculture

approximately 13000 CSA farms in the US. The success of community-supported farming has coincided with rising demand for organic food since the late 1970s ...

Community Supported Agriculture: A Field Guide for Producers and ...

Similarly, if you are an agricultural producer interested in producing food for local consumers through an innovative business model, CSA could ...

Community Supported Agriculture | ATTRA

The lower barrier to entry allows more farmers to get into CSAs and local food system activities. • Farmers involved in multi-farm CSAs report more ...

Local Food Directories: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA ...

The CSA Directory lists farm or network/association of multiple farms that offer consumers regular (usually weekly) deliveries of locally-grown farm products.

(PDF) Food miles, local eating, and community supported agriculture

Food miles, local eating, and community supported agriculture: Putting local food in its place ... CSA: Local. struggles in a global food system. Agriculture and ...

'What we'd like is a CSA in every town.' Scaling community ...

As the Covid-19 pandemic exposes the vulnerabilities of our globalised agri-food system, local sustainable food alternatives, such as community-supported ...

Communication and building social capital in community supported ...

Though CSAs currently represent a small proportion of agriculture in the UK, their potential as agents of change in enabling a more sustainable food system is ...

More Than Food: The Social Benefits of Localized Urban ... - Frontiers

CSAs make up a smaller segment of the local food market than farmers' markets, accounting for 6.4% of direct sales compared to farmers' markets, which represent ...

Community Supported Agriculture - ArcGIS StoryMaps

Community supported agriculture (CSA), an alternative food network outside of the conventional market, can be viewed as a potential leverage point for food ...

Community supported agriculture (CSA) - County Health Rankings

CSA programs may help strengthen and improve local and regional food systems and contribute to greater food system sustainability. CSA programs ...