CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture.

The concept of CSA came to life in Japan in the 1960s. By the early 1970s, farmers and consumers in several European countries, concerned about the industrialization of their food system, created the CSA model that we know today... sort of. The first CSA in the U.S. was created in Massachusetts in 1984. Today there are over 2,500 CSAs in the U.S. and more are created every year as interest from both consumers and farmers grows.

Read more in depth information about the ins and outs of the CSA business model here.

what you need to know

CSAs are based off a cooperative model of economy where the consumer and farmer build a meaningful- mutually supportive- relationship.

Benefits to the Consumer:

  • access to healthy, ethical food

  • direct access to that food (cutting the carbon footprint)

  • reduced rate for that food

  • building community relationships

  • building knowledge and skills

Benefits to the Farmer:

  • helps the farmer bear the incredible risks and financial burdens of agriculture

  • helps the farmer better plan and anticipate their season

  • reduces risk of farmer burnout or farm failure

  • supports just and living wages for farmers and their workers

our expectations

  • Shareholders will do their best to pay for their goods and services by the start of their shares (etc.) and will communicate openly about their needs and accessibility.

  • Shareholders will make every effort to be prompt in their interactions and communicate openly when alternative arrangements are needed.

  • Shareholders will respect this space and the community around it.

  • Shareholders will contribute to the success of our community with their time, skills, and/or talents according to their ability and amount of consumption.

our commitment to you

  • We will provide healthy, ethical food with the planet’s health at the heart of how we produce that food.

  • We will communicate promptly and transparently about crop failure or livestock loss as it occurs and make every effort to meet our shareholders’ needs.

  • We will continue to build this space as a safe and welcoming space and commit to providing opportunities for folks to connect with their food ways and community.

  • We will build our capacity to fight for social justice and reduce the ways our internalized oppressive culture blocks our collective progress.