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Other Resources for CSA's: PUBLICATIONS Basic Formula to Create Community Supported Agriculture, Robyn Van En. 1992. An 80-page handbook/start-up manual including sample budgets, job descriptions, community outreach tactics, bibliography, list of CSA projects throughout North America and more. $10 each. Available from Van En Center For Community Supported Agriculture. See Orgs. Community Supported Agriculture. Robyn Van En and Cathy Roth. UMass Cooperative Extension Publication C-212. A basic introduction to CSA. 4 pages. $2.00. Available from Bulletin Center, Cottage A, Thatcher Way, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. UMass Publication Office (413) 545-2717. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): An Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide, Suzanne DeMuth. 1993, updated per request. Free. Available from the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC). National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705-2351. (301) 504-6559. Community Supported Agriculture, Making the Connection, UC Cooperative Extension. Guidebook covers CSA design, recruiting members, creating production and harvest plans, setting share prices and legal issues; incorporates ideas and strategies of successful CSA farms. $25 + $5 S/H. Available from UC Cooperative Extension, attn: CSA Handbook, 11477 E. Ave., Auburn, CA 95603. CSA FoodBook, David Stern and Elizabeth Henderson. 1994. A guide to eating, cooking and storing 70 small fruits and vegetables typical of CSA farms. $9.00 + $2.25 S/H. Rose Valley Farm, PO Box 149, Rose, NY 14542. Farms of Tomorrow-Community Supported Farms, Farm Supported Communities, Trauger Groh and Steven McFadden. 1990. Farms of Tomorrow-Revisited, 1997, Basic text and updated version on CSA in general and on several BioDynamic farms in particular. Available from the BioDynamic Assoc. or MFAI. From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Farm-Fresh, Seasonal Produce, Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (MACSAC). 1996. Features 46 different vegetable and herb sections which include nutritional, historical, and storage information as well as cooking tips and over 370 recipes. $12 + $2.05 S/H for CSA farms or members, (Normal retail: $16.95 + $2.05 S/H). Phone, mail, or email your order to: MACSAC, 4915 Monona Dr. Suite 304, Monona, WI 53716. (608) 226-0300. macsac@wrdc.org. Northeast Regional Food Guide, Cornell Cooperative Extension. Poster and information sheets with excellent information and tips on eating local, seasonal produce in our region. Good supporting information for joining a CSA. (607) 255-2080. Our Field: A Manual for Community Shared Agriculture, Tamsyn Rowley and Chris Beeman. 1994. How farmers can better connect with community members and how community members can have more influence over how food is produced. Beginning and marketing CSA projects; best agricultural practices suited to CSA; includes appendix of CSA farms in Canada. 89 pages. $15 Canadian. Tamsyn Rowley, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G2W1. (519)824-4120 ext. 8480, fax (519)763-4686. Rebirth of the Small Family Farm: A Handbook for Starting a Successful Organic Farm Based on the Community Supported Agriculture Concept, Bob and Bonnie Gregson. 1996. Tells one family's story of beginning and operating a small, organic vegetable farm run on CSA model; managing small scale farms; start up requirements, crop selection, marketing strategies, and related topics. Includes resource list. $9.95. Available from IMG Associates, PO Box 2542, Vashon Island, WA 98070. (206) 463-9065 Sharing the Harvest: Community Supported Agriculture in America, by Elizabeth Henderson with the late Robyn Van En. March 1998. Currently back ordered with Fedco Seed Catalog, P.O. Box 520, Waterville, ME 04903-0520. Other organizations should carry it soon. This book is a follow-up to the first how to manual by Robyn Van n and much expanded. Many examples of how different CSA farms succeed plus great historical background and context. What's Your Share Worth? Some Comparisons of CSA Share Cost vs. Retail Produce Value, J.P. Cooley and D.A. Lass. 1996. An extract of Cooley's Master's thesis covering three CSA farms in Massachusetts over one season. Available from CSA Farm Network, 130 Ruckytucks Rd., Stillwater, NY 12170. (518) 583-4613. ORGANIZATIONS BioDynamic Association, PO Box 550 Kimberton, PA 19442. (800)516-7797, internet http://www.his.com/-claymont/bd/assoc.html A major promoter of CSA in North America, publishing a bimonthly newsletter, sponsoring CSA conferences, providing catalog of related resources and maintaining a large CSA database. CSA Farm Network, Steve Gilman. 130 Ruckytucks Rd., Stillwater, NY 12170. (518) 583-4613. A SARE-funded NOFA project to promote and understand CSA in the Northeast. CSA West, PO Box 363, Davis, California 95617. (916) 756-8518, fax (916) 756-7857, email: csawest@caff.org, internet://www.caff.org. CSA information on the West Coast. CSA Works, 115 Bay Road, Hadley, MA 01035. (413)586-5133. Provides assistance to the farmers of tomorrow in locating the tools and techniques needed to run efficient CSA enterprises. Coordinated by Michael Docter, Linda Hildebrand and Dan Kaplan. E.F. Schumacher Society, (413) 528-1737, A non-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting and furthering the ideas of the author of "Small is Beautiful," maintains a library of books and periodicals, topics including decentralist thought, alternative economics, agriculture, land trusts and CSA. Equity Trust Inc., 539 Beach Pond Road, Voluntown, CT 06384. (860) 376-6174. A community development organization that has created a revolving-loan fund for CSA farms to acquire and develop agricultural land with appropriate conservation easements and/or other tenure arrangements that serve both farmers and communities; provides technical assistance and advice to CSA farms on land tenure issues. Just Food, 625 Broadway, Suite 9C, New York, NY 10012. (212) 677-1602, fax (212) 505-8613, e-mail justfood@igc.org. Helps connect Northeast CSA farmers and New Yorkers; provides start-up and ongoing support to farmers and core group members; publicizes CSA and educates through the local media. Land Trust Alliance, 1017 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. (703) 683-7778. A national network and service center that, through its publications, conferences and other services keeps land trusts abreast of legislation affecting their work; provides access to needed expertise and insurance; constantly seeks to improve the effectiveness and capacity of local and regional land trusts. Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI), W2493 County Road ES, East Troy, WI, 53120. (414) 642-3303, fax (414) 642-4028. A public non-profit education and research organization committed to promoting resource-conserving, ecologically sustainable and economically viable food and farming systems; mission is to enhance the strength of the human spirit by revitalizing the culture of agriculture; has programs in education, research, food systems, international development and farm policy. New England Small Farm Institute, PO Box 937, Belchertown, MA 01007. (413) 323-4531. Promotes the increased and sustainable use of New England's agricultural resources; functions as a demonstration and training center for ecologically responsible natural resource management; designs and promotes stewardship leases which enable secure tenure for farm enterprises on public as well as privately held land. Northeast Workers on Organic Farms (NEWOOF), PO Box 608, Belchertown, MA 01007. (413) 323-4531. A farm apprenticeship placement service with national listings, matching many CSA farms with willing workers. Regional Farm and Food Project, 27 Elm St., Albany, NY 12202. (518) 426-9331. Joining between farmers and consumers through various means, including CSA. Robyn Van En Center for Community Supported Agriculture c/o Wilson College, Center for Sustainable Living, 1015 Philadelphia Ave.,Chambersburg, PA 17201 (717) 264-4141 x3247. Provides information, handbook, video, slide show and information on CSA development and promotion, research compilations, etc. email: smoore@wilson.edu
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