TY - BOOK AU - Henderson,Elizabeth AU - Van En,Robyn TI - Sharing the harvest: a citizen's guide to Community Supported Agriculture SN - 9781933392103 AV - HD1492.U6 H46 2007 U1 - 334/.6830973 22 PY - 2007/// CY - White River Junction, Vt. PB - Chelsea Green KW - Collective farms KW - United States KW - Community gardens KW - Agriculture, Cooperative KW - Farm produce KW - Marketing KW - Agriculture KW - Economic aspects KW - Absatz KW - swd KW - Kooperation KW - Landwirtschaft KW - Agrarprodukt KW - USA N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-294) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007021963.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2007021963-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2007021963-d.html ER -