John and Aimee Good of Quiet Creek Farm CSA wrote a great article about pre-season planning and the documents they use to keep track of everything from their crop lists to their greenhouse plans to the field (The Best Laid … Continued
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The History of Community Supported Agriculture, Part II
By Steven McFadden Originally posted in February 2004 EDITOR’S NOTE: In Part I of this series we tracked the roots of the U.S. CSA movement to two subscription-based farms in the Northeast. Now we’ll see where this promising movement rooted … Continued
The History of Community Supported Agriculture, Part I
By Steven McFadden Originally posted in January 2004 Over the last 18 years Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has taken root in North America with moderate speed and has gradually grown to include as many as 1,700 farms spread over every … Continued