Posts Tagged ‘Community’

Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community

January 1st, 2010

  • ISBN13: 9781584654148
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
While the American agricultural and food systems follow a decades-old path of industrialization and globalization, a counter trend has appeared toward localizing some agricultural and food production. Thomas A. Lyson, a scholar-practitioner in the field of community-based food systems, calls this rebirth of locally based agriculture and food production civic agriculture because these activities are tightly linked to a community’s social and economic development. Civ… More >>

Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community

Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen’s Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Revised and Expanded

January 1st, 2010

  • ISBN13: 9781933392103
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
To an increasing number of American families the CSA (community supported agriculture) is the answer to the globalization of our food supply. The premise is simple: create a partnership between local farmers and nearby consumers, who become members or subscribers in support of the farm. In exchange for paying in advance—at the beginning of the growing season, when the farm needs financing—CSA members receive the freshest, healthiest produce throughout the season… More >>

Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen’s Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Revised and Expanded