Association pour le maintien d'une agriculture paysanne

Définitions générales

Community-supported agriculture (CSA model) or cropsharing is a system that connects the producer and consumers within the food system more closely by allowing the consumer to subscribe to the harvest of a certain farm or group of farms. It is an alternative socioeconomic model of agriculture and food distribution that allows the producer and consumer to share the risks of farming. The model is a subcategory of civic agriculture that has an overarching goal of strengthening a sense of community through local markets. In return for subscribing to a harvest, subscribers receive either a weekly or bi-weekly box of produce or other farm goods. This includes in-season fruits and vegetables and can expand to dried goods, eggs, milk, meat, etc. Typically, farmers try to cultivate a relationship with subscribers by sending weekly letters of what is happening on the farm, inviting them for harvest, or holding an open-farm event. Some CSAs provide for contributions of labor in lieu of a portion of subscription costs. The term CSA is mostly used in the United States and Canada, but a variety of similar production and economic sub-systems are in use worldwide, including vegetable box scheme in the UK.

Categories (Wikipedia)

Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural economics
Agricultural labor
Agriculture in the United States
Agroecology
Sustainable food system
Community development
Community organizations
Consumers' cooperatives
Revenue models
Rural community development
Organic farming
Urban agriculture

External references (Wikipedia)

Reference
http://chiron-communications.com/%3Fp=2115
http://harvesthand.com/Community/What-is-a-CSA
http://knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom.com/community-supported-agriculture-csa-farms/northeast-region/west-virginia/
http://www.memberassembler.com/hub/comprehensive-csa-models
http://www.rainmagazine.com/archive/1992/zsa01312014
http://www.rainmagazine.com/archive/1992/community-supported-agriculture01242014
http://www.rainmagazine.com/archive/1993/cabbages-and-compassion01262014
https://web.archive.org/web/20090116140555/http:/www.context.org/ICLIB/IC42/VanEn.htm
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/at93-02.htm
http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

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