COMMUNITY
SUPPORTED
AGRICULTURE
CSA




NATIONAL
CSA DAY

https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/national-csa-day-2017/




COMMUNITY SUPPORTED
AGRICULTURE


PRINCIPLES OF TEIKEI

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED
AGRICULTURE LINKS




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SECTION 1



COMMUNITY
SUPPORTED
AGRICULTURE
CSA




Community Supported Agriculture consists of a community of individuals
who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes,
either legally or spiritually, the community's farm, with the growers
and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and
benefits of food production.



In a traditional CSA model

Members share the risks and benefits of food production with the farmer.

Members buy a share of the farm’s production before each growing season.

In return, they receive regular distributions of the farm’s bounty
throughout the season.

The farmer receives advance working capital, gains financial security,
earns better crop prices, and benefits from the direct marketing plan.


"Current business models for CSAs are diverse and innovative. Producers
have adapted the CSA model to fit a variety of emerging direct marketing
opportunities, including:


Institutional health and wellness programs;

Multi-farm systems to increase scale and scope;

Season extension technologies; and

Incorporating value-added products, offering
flexible shares, and flexible electronic purchasing
and other e-commerce marketing tools."



U.S. Department
of Agriculture,
Agricultural Marketing Service

https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/CSANewModelsforChangingMarketsb.pdf


Community Supported Agriculture
https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/community-supported-agriculture



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Community
supported
agriculture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture




ATTRA
The National
Sustainable Agriculture
Information Service

https://attra.ncat.org/




AgMap
http://agmap.psu.edu/




How To
Start
a CSA

https://www.growingproduce.com/farm-marketing/how-to-start-a-csa/?fbclid=IwAR3j5oe84H3a899nhY-tLqGO8lRdwKwUYPBnONGs2FwhpcLQ-sGaqxroNrE




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Booker T.
Whatley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Whatley




Regenerative
farming
system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_agriculture




CSA Is
Rooted in
Black
History

https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/csas-rooted-in-black-history-zbcz1502




The Small
Farm Plan By
Booker T. Whatley

https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/small-farm-plan-zmaz82mjzkin




CSA's and regenerative
agriculture's ties to
Black history

https://www.oneearth.org/csas-and-regenerative-agricultures-ties-to-black-history/




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SECTION 2



PRINCIPLE
OF
TEIKEI




Principle of mutual assistance

Principle of accepting the produce

Principle of mutual concession in the price decision

Principle of deepening friendly relationships

Principle of self-distribution

Principle of democratic management

Principle of learning among each group

Principle of maintaining the appropriate group scale

Principle of steady development



Community Supported Agriculture
http://afsa.org.au/csa/



CSA
INNOVATION
NETWORK

https://www.csainnovationnetwork.org/




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SECTION 3



COMMUNITY
SUPPORTED
AGRICULTURE
CSA
LINKS




Benefits of Community
Supported Agriculture

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/principles_and_benefits_of_community_supported_agriculture

THE CHANGING FACE OF
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE

https://groundswellcenter.org/the-changing-face-of-community-supported-agriculture/

Community Supported Agriculture
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/CSANewModelsforChangingMarketsb.pdf

Community Supported Agriculture
http://www.livepower.org/csa-overview/

Community Supported Agriculture
https://www.agmrc.org/food/community-supported-agriculture

Community Supported Agriculture
https://www.biodynamics.com/content/community-supported-agriculture

Community Supported Agriculture
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44126935

Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA)

https://rainwaterrunoff.com/community-supported-agriculture-csa/

Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA)

http://www.fma.alabama.gov/CSA.aspx

Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA)

https://extension.psu.edu/community-supported-agriculture-csa

Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA)

https://escholarship.org/content/qt49m8k4qv/qt49m8k4qv_noSplash_b283fe4998f13a114b6d1bbb02b1de77.pdf?t=nnmejg



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Community Supported
Agriculture for
Meat and Eggs

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/community-supported-agriculture-meat-and-eggs

CSA
https://www.localharvest.org/csa/

CSA Charter
https://communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/about/csa-charter/

CSA Farm Database
http://www2.wilson.edu/CsaSearch/

The Godfather of CSA,
Dr. Booker T. Whatley

https://sowtrueseed.com/blogs/gardening/the-godfather-of-csa-community-supported-agriculture

History of Community
Supported Agriculture

https://casfs.ucsc.edu/documents/Teaching%20Direct%20Marketing/4.1_CSA_History.pdf

Local Food Directories
https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/local-regional/food-directories

Local Food Directories
https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/local_food/search.php

The Pros and Cons
of Joining a CSA

https://www.seriouseats.com/should-you-join-a-csa-what-is-a-community-supported-agriculture-pros-and-cons

The Untold History of CSA
https://foodprint.org/blog/history-of-csa/

What is a CSA?
http://www.spiritualfoodcsa.org/Home/what-is-the-spiritual-food-csa

What’s a CSA? A
Guide to Community
Supported Agriculture

https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/whats-a-csa-a-guide-to-community-supported-agriculture/


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Community
Of
Science
(COS)

http://www.cos.com/




The More
You Know

http://www.themoreyouknow.com/




Involving
Community

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Office/Main/Involving_Community/Involving_Community.html




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