Bibliograph

Sharing the harvest, a citizen's guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Elizabeth Henderson with Robyn Van En ; foreword by Joan Dye Gussow

Type

Label

Sharing the harvest, a citizen's guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Elizabeth Henderson with Robyn Van En ; foreword by Joan Dye Gussow

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-294) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sharing the harvest

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

144328213

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth Henderson with Robyn Van En ; foreword by Joan Dye Gussow

Sub title

a citizen's guide to Community Supported Agriculture

Summary

Looks at partnerships between local small farms and nearby consumers, who become members or subscribers in support of the farm, offering advice on acquiring land, organizing, handling the harvest, and money and legal matters

Table Of Contents

What is Community Supported Agriculture? -- CSA and the global supermarket -- Creating a CSA -- Choosing a farm or farmer -- The land -- Nurturing a solid core group -- Labor -- Sharers on the farm -- Money matters for CSAs -- Legalities -- To certify or not to certify? -- Community and communications -- Growing the food -- Handling the harvest -- Distributing the harvest -- The weekly share -- Combining CSA with other markets -- Regional networking for farm-based development economics -- Multifarm CSAs -- Matching biodiversity with social diversity -- Agriculture supported communities -- CSA around the world -- CSAs that quit

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