Community Supported Agriculture

Community Supported Agriculture

 

CSAs have been formed both by small farmers and consumers so that both can benefit through the exchange of foodstuffs for either labor or membership.  They are attracting political attention and support, and appear to be the next step towards sustainable living in this country.

 

I am providing links so that you can get additional information about CSAs, and hopefully locate one near you.

 

Find one and participate!

 

http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/csa/csa.shtml

http://www.biodynamics.com/csa.html

http://rodaleinstitute.lorg/farm_locator

http://www.wilson.edu/wilson/asp/content.asp?id=1567

http://www.eatwellguid.org

http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/local_food/search.php

US Food Insecurity Interactive Maps

Food Security Aid Map

http://foodsecurity.ngoaidmap.org/

Productivity Growth Rate - Rice (percent growth per year)

http://www.ifpri.org/climatechange/casemaps.html

FAO Hunger:  Prevalence of Undernourishment in Total Population Interactive Map

http://www.fao.org/hunger/en/

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