Volume One | A Grant for Growth Volume One “They're able to provide market access to smaller producers, and that creates sort of this strengthening of the local economy and strengthening of their business, and our business, and our community's health and wealth.” – CRYSTAL MARTIN, MENOMONIE ... |
Five Female Farmer Candidates to Watch in 2018 Modern Farmer Farm Story: After farming vegetables for four years at New Morning Farm in south-central Pennsylvania, this 34-year old mother and sustainable ag activist became the general manager of the Tuscarora Organic Growers Co-Operative in 2015. This network of ... |
The Kingston Whig-Standard | Program feeds local growing movement The Kingston Whig-Standard Members of Roots Down's CSA program, which has roughly 150 customers and hopes to bridge a relationship between farmer and eater, popped by Old Farm Fine Foods with bags and boxes to fill with organically grown vegetables. The farm — located in ... |
Richmond magazine (blog) | 'You Don't Look Like a Farmer' Richmond magazine (blog) After watching a film produced by Virginia State University that details the food desert challenge in Virginia, Chambers and Carry, who previously grew fruits and vegetables as a hobby, created Sun Path Family Farm in their backyard four months ago to ... |
Alia Chambers and Jeremy Carry of Sun Path Family Farm tend their backyard plot in Richmond's South Side. (Photo by Jay Paul). The reality of living in a food ...
Republican Eagle | Colorful area CSA offers subscribers four months of produce, local connections Republican Eagle My university studies in ecology and my love of gardening compelled me to pursue organic farming. 2012 will be my third year running a CSA business. My interest in CSA grew out of an internship at Blue Moon Community Farm in Madison, WI, and a long- ... |
South Whidbey Record | Growing new farmers at Maxwelton school South Whidbey Record “You need to constantly re-evaluate how to make money. In other words, farming is not just working here in the field.” The Organic Farm School follows the concept of CSA, or community-supported agricultural. It offers local residents CSA memberships ... |
40 Pretty Easy Ways to Spend Less Money Motley Fool Another easy way to spend less is to buy a community supported agriculture (CSA) subscription, which will get you many weeks of produce from local farmers. It's often organic produce, too -- which can be better for your health -- and buying it through ... |
Emily Newhouse and Corbin Scholz sit in the dirt of Maxwelton Valley, talking about teenagers, pregnancy and contraceptives. They are meticulously tending to ...
Lake Placid News | SAVOR THE SEASON: Growing customers with CSA Lake Placid News KEESEVILLE - For the past 10 years, Ian Ater and Lucas Christenson have grown an assortment of crops on their farm, Fledging Crow Vegetables. The goal is to grow and sell local, organic produce to people and businesses in North Country communities. |
Wicked Local | Norwell Farms gets break on annual rental fee Wicked Local The Norwell Historical Commission requested the fee for those utilizing the farm that would be put back into the farm for small things such as replacing hinges, fixing the cooking area and the cleaning of the barn. Summer camps have also been held at ... |
FEATURE-Brazilian consumers lend farmers a hand to go organic Reuters The model adopted by Kaiser, known as “Community Supported Agriculture” (CSA), is a system in which local residents finance and participate in food production. The farmer calculates the cost of producing food for a group of people, who pay a monthly fee. |
FEATURE-Brazilian consumers lend farmers a hand to go organic Reuters The model adopted by Kaiser, known as “Community Supported Agriculture” (CSA), is a system in which local residents finance and participate in food production. The farmer calculates the cost of producing food for a group of people, who pay a monthly fee. and more » |
Mother Earth News (press release) (blog) | A Reverse CSA: Turning Unused Land Into Food Mother Earth News (press release) (blog) I love the idea of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) where a farmer supplies subscribers a basket of produce each week. Throughout the growing season, subscribers get a surprise basket of tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, or whatever else the farmer ... and more » |
The Swellesley Report | Beyond Wellesley — a restaurant visit to Buttercup in Natick The Swellesley Report It's a good thing I made Friday night reservations, because it was immediately apparent that there was no way I could have just wandered my way into the farm-to-table restaurant, which sources organic and local ingredients. Words have gotten out and ... |
PLANALTINA, Brazil, June 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - E very week, farmer Thiago Kaiser fills his truck with dozens of boxes of organic food to be ...
PLANALTINA, Brazil, June 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - E very week, farmer Thiago Kaiser fills his truck with dozens of boxes of organic food to be ...
San Diego Reader | Monster box of produce San Diego Reader #“People's Co-op has very good produce,” replied Kelly, “especially odd items like turmeric, organic purple sweet potatoes, kohlrabi. Sprouts is definitely the best for a local market. Farm Fresh to You is a great CSA [community supported agriculture ... |
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The Landmark | Learn 'The Ins and Outs of CSAs' The Landmark What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)? This question and a lot more will be answered during an information session entitled “The Ins and Outs of CSAs” on Saturday, June 23 at the Sterling Senior Center, 36 Muddy Pond Road, from 9 – 11 a.m ... |
