What is a CSA?
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is an alternative, locally based economic model of agriculture and food distribution that creates a direct relationship between you and a farm. This allows you to support small farms and boost the local economy, while providing high quality, nutritious, and fresh produce for you and your family, friends, and neighbors. You also get the peace of mind of knowing exactly where your food comes from, who is growing it, and how it is grown.
CSAs were originally created to address the nation’s best farmland being lost to commercial and residential development, older farmers retiring, and increased land and production costs for farmers. And most recently, have become an excellent alternative system of food distribution due to the rise in disease, obesity, and food borne illness outbreaks, along with the growing concern of how GMOs and synthetic chemicals are affecting both our bodies and environment.