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Author Henderson, Elizabeth, 1943-

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

Imprint White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  334.683 H383s 2007    ---  Available
Edition Rev. and expanded ed.
Description xvi, 303 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-294) and index.
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.
Subject Collective farms -- United States.
Community gardens -- United States.
Agriculture, Cooperative -- United States.
Farm produce -- United States -- Marketing.
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Added Author Van En, Robyn.
ISBN 193339210X
9781933392103

 
    
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