What are the advantages of the CSA model?
With the CSA model, the growers and customers provide each other with mutual support and share the risks and benefits of food production. For the shareholder, advance payment ensures that you have a fresh supply of prepaid veggies all season long. It’s a great way to try new and unusual veggies and to get your creative juices flowing in the kitchen. Our members love the quantity and quality of veggies they receive each week! A CSA share is also a great value. For the 2008 season, our shareholders saved around $80 per share (as compared with prices that we would charge for our veggies at market). There is also the satisfaction of knowing exactly where your food is coming from, knowing your farmers, and supporting local agriculture and economies. For the farmers, the CSA model provides some financial security and ensures that money will be flowing into the farm during the off-season, when seed and other supplies need to be purchased. Once the farm season begins, the farmers can focus all
