In a C.S.A., farmers grow food for a predetermined group of consumers who pay an annual fee to purchase their share of the harvest. It is a relationship of shared bounty and shared risks. This movement is a popular one, and at present there are over six hundred successful C.S.A.s across North America. Through C.S.A.s people are reclaiming a connection to the production of food. It allows farmers to be supported locally and for people to eat food grown in their own area, not shipped from across the continent. C.S.A. members have access to a healthy alternative, one that allows them to eat what is fresh and in season. Eating in season, means that you are getting the most nutritional value, the kind our bodies need, appropriate to the seasons. And, very importantly, the consumer has personal contact with the grower of their produce and a connection to the land that feeds them. Eating locally serves all of our interests. "Organic" means little otherwise. |