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Community-Supported Agriculture

By: Katie L. Monsen
In: Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide
Edited by: Dustin Mulvaney & Paul Robbins
Subject:Environmental Technology, Policy & Management, Environmental Policy
Keywords:consumers; farming; food; food security; harvesting; seasons; vegetables

Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is a form of direct marketing in which consumers purchase “shares” in a farm and then receive a regular—often weekly—installment of fresh, seasonal produce. On one level, CSA is a marketing strategy, allowing farmers to receive ...

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  Monsen, K. (2011). Community-supported agriculture. In D. Mulvaney, & P. Robbins (Eds.), Green food: An A-to-Z guide (pp. 83-87). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n29
  
  Monsen, Katie L. "Community-Supported Agriculture." In Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide, edited by Mulvaney, Dustin, and Paul Robbins, 83-87. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n29.
  
  Monsen, K. 2011. Community-Supported Agriculture. In: Dustin Mulvaney and Paul Robbins Editors, 2011. Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 83-87 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n29> [Accessed 16 May 2021].
  
  Monsen, Katie L. "Community-Supported Agriculture." Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide. Edited by Dustin Mulvaney and Paul Robbins. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011, pp. 83-87. SAGE Knowledge. 16 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n29.
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