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Sharing the harvest : a citizen's guide to Community Supported Agriculture / Elizabeth Henderson with Robyn Van En ; foreword by Joan Dye Gussow.

Author: Henderson, Elizabeth, 1943-

Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.

Publisher: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green, 2007.

ISBN: 9781933392103
193339210X

Description: xvi, 303 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject(s): Collective farms United States.
Community gardens United States.
Agriculture, Cooperative United States.
Farm produce United States Marketing.
Agriculture Economic aspects United States.

Contents: What is Community Supported Agriculture? -- CSA and the global supermarket -- Creating a CSA -- Choosing a farm or farmer -- The land -- Nurturing a solid core group -- Labor -- Sharers on the farm -- Money matters for CSAs -- Legalities -- To certify or not to certify? -- Community and communications -- Growing the food -- Handling the harvest -- Distributing the harvest -- The weekly share -- Combining CSA with other markets -- Regional networking for farm-based development economics -- Multifarm CSAs -- Matching biodiversity with social diversity -- Agriculture supported communities -- CSA around the world -- CSAs that quit.

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HWLC 4th Floor Adult HD1492.U6H46 2007 Hardcover Not Checked Out 04/04/2009
HWLC 4th Floor Adult HD1492.U6H46 2007 Hardcover Date Due 11/14/2009
HWLC 4th Floor Adult HD1492.U6H46 2007 Hardcover Not Checked Out 04/01/2009