Why Is Community Supported Agriculture Important?
* CSA’s direct marketing gives farmers and growers the fairest return on their products while providing consumers with a reliable source of naturally and locally grown foods. * CSA keeps food dollars in the local community and contributes to the maintenance and establishment of regional food production. You help support those farming operations who pay taxes locally. * CSA encourages communication, cooperation, and education among farmers, and between farmers and consumers. * With a “guaranteed market” for their produce, farmers can invest their time in doing the best job they can growing their crops rather than marketing during the production season. * CSA supports the biodiversity of a given area and the diversity of agriculture through the preservation of small farms producing a wide variety of crops. * CSA creates a sense of social responsibility and stewardship of local land. * CSA puts “the farmers face on food” and increases understanding of how, where, and by whom our food is g
