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Author:

Henderson, Elizabeth, 1943-

Title:

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

Edition:

Rev. and expanded ed.

Publisher:

Chelsea Green,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

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

Subject:

Collective farms--United States.
Community gardens--United States.
Agriculture, Cooperative--United States.
Farm produce--United States--Marketing.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States.

Other Authors:

Van En, Robyn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-294) and index.

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 ornot 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.

ISBN:

193339210X : PAP
9781933392103 : PAP

LCCN:

2007021963

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)