Review
"Sharing the Harvest is an essential book for anyone considering starting a community supported agriculture (CSA) farm and for recent CSA farmers--it is essentially the CSA 'bible'. Sharing the Harvest provides a comprehensive approach to this relatively new social approach to farming, and it may be useful to people who have recently discovered the importance and joy of eating locally-grown food, helping them participate in starting a CSA so they can have an even more direct connection to their food and the farmer who grows it."--Fred Magdoff, Emeritus Professor of Plant & Soil Science, University of Vermont
Product Description
To an increasing number of American families, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is the answer tothe globalization of our food supply. The premise is simple: create a partnership between local farmersand nearby consumers, who become members or subscribers in support of the farm. In exchange for paying inadvance—at the beginning of the growing season, when the farm needs financing—CSA members receive thefreshest, healthiest produce throughout the season and keep money, jobs, and farms in their own community.Thinking and buying local is quickly moving from a novel idea to a mainstream activity. Elizabeth Hendersonand Robyn Van En provide new insight into making CSA not only a viable economic model, but the rightchoice for food lovers and farmers alike. The groundbreaking first edition helped spark a movement and, in thisthoroughly revised and expanded edition of a Chelsea Green classic, Sharing the Harvest is poised to continueleading the way toward a revitalized agriculture.
