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

Author: Henderson, Elizabeth, 1943-
Published: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green, 2007.
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Physical Description: xvi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Additional Creators: Van En, Robyn

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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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9781933392103
193339210X

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [292]-294) and index.

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