From lflondon@mindspring.com Wed Feb 16 11:00:47 2000 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:51:36 -0500 From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." To: london@metalab.unc.edu Subject: [Fwd: my csa resource list-unedited] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: my csa resource list-unedited Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 20:04:13 -0500 From: "Elizabeth Pike" To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." I will edit these into a more user friendly document! CSA RESOURCES: Growing For Market's book, Marketing Your Produce, a collection of articles with various strategies for selling your goods other than a CSA, though it has an excellent chapter on those, too, with examples from individual farms. You can order it from 785-748-0605. Center for Sustainable Living Wilson College 1015 Philadelphia Ave. Chambersburg, PA 17201 Wilson College has several resources for farmers who want to start a CSA. Brochures to hand out to prospective members are available for 10 cents each; an information packet costs $2; an 88-page CSA handbook is $10; a 15-minute video describing CSA to prospective members is $10; a slide show with 22 text slides is $12.50; a slide show with photos taken at CSA farms is $25. University of California Cooperative Extension, Placer County and UC Small Farm Center. 1995. Community Supported Agriculture...Making the Connection. 198 pages, binder format. The best single manual you can buy. This takes a potential grower through the process involved in starting a CSA, including designing the CSA, recruiting members and marketing, creating production and harvest plans, setting share prices, and legal issues. Available for $25 plus $5 shipping/handling from: UCCE 11477 E Ave. Auburn, CA 95603 916-889-7385 Make checks payable to UC Regents. Gilman, Steve (ed.) 1997. 1997 CSA Farm Network. CSA Farm Network, Stillwater, NY. A collection of farm profiles and research reports. Articles about CSAs that failed and why members don't renew. Includes a directory of CSAs in the Northeast and a list of resources for CSA farmers nationwide. Available for $12 from: CSA Farm Network 130 Ruckytucks Rd. Stillwater, NY 12170 518-583-4613 Make checks payable to Gilman--CSANET. Gregson, Bob and Bonnie. 1996. Rebirth of the Small Family Farm. IMF Assoc., Vashon Island, WA. 64 p. A handbook for starting a successful organic farm based on the CSA model. Available for $9.95 from: IMF Associates PO Box 2542 Vashon Island, WA 98070 Make checks payable to IMF. Groh, Trauger and Steven S.H. McFadden. 1998. Farms of Tomorrow Revisited. Bio-Dynamic Literature, Kimberton, PA. 310 p. The 1998 edition is an updated version of Farms of Tomorrow, printed in 1990. The new edition contains information on economic, spiritual, and legal questions faced by CSAs, the development of community, the role of animals in a CSA, and farmer observations. Available for $21 from: The Wisdom Conservancy Merriam Hill Educ. Center 148 Merriam Hill Rd. Greenville, NY 03048 Maynard, Donald M. and George J. Hochmuth. 1997. Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers, 4th ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 582 p. Information on yields, row spacing, crops, nutritional content of vegetables. Widely available. 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 Related Agriculture, Brochure outlining the organization and planning of community farms, CSA and subscription Farms. 10 pages. $1.00 + SASE. Available from the BioDynamic Association, PO Box 550, Kimberton, PA 19422. (800) 516-7797. Maximizing Shareholder Retention in Southeastern CSAs: A Step Toward Long-Term Stability, Deborah Kane. 1997. Available from the Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2202. E-mail: dkane@uga.cc.uga.edu. 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. To Till It and Keep It: New Models for Congregational Involvement with the Land, Dan Guenther. 1995. $5. Available from the Land Stewardship Project, 2200 Fourth St., White Bear Lake, MN 55110. (612) 653-0618. 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. The Community Farm: A Voice for Community Supported Agriculture, 3480 Potter Road, Bear Lake, MI 49614. Jim Sluyter and Jo Meller editors, $20/year subscription. Practical information on CSA. 616-889-3216 CSA: Making a Difference, Van En Center for CSA c/o Wilson College, 1997, $10. Available from Center for Sustainable Living, 1015 Philadelphia Ave., Chambersburg, PA 17201. (717) 264-4141 ext. 3247. It's Not Just About Vegetables, Downtown Productions and Jan Vandertuin. 1986. $35. Available from Downtown Productions, 22 Railroad St., Great Barrington, MA 01230. (413) 528-9395. Shared Farming: Towards a Sustainable Community, CSA Canada. $20. Available from CSA Canada, Box 353, St. Adolphe, Manitoba, Canada R5A1A2. Kelvin, Rochelle. 1994. Community Supported Agriculture on the Urban Fringe: Case Study and Survey. #RU-94/01. Rodale Institute, Kutztown, PA. Results from a study that examined the growth of CSA and the potential for CSA farms to help bridge the gap between rural and urban communities. Highlights some of the barriers and opportunities facing CSA farmers today. Available for $4 from: Karin Clifford Rodale Institute Research Center 611 Siegfriedale Road Kutztown, PA 19530 Make checks payable to Rodale Institute. Successful Small-Scale Farming, An Organic Approach, by Karl Schwenke. The nuts & bolts of family agriculture, whether you're earning a full or part time living from your land. Everything is included from charts & tables to diagrams of how to plow your fields. Essential farmsteading skills, such as driving fence posts, managing a woodlot, & haying are included. Something I keep in my truck for continual reference-a virtual encyclopedia on sustainable small-scale agriculture!