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Re: Community Supported Agriculture



Kirsten:

There's a rather old but quite compelling video called "It's Not Just
About Vegetables," about the first USA CSA at Indian Line Farm in
Massachusetts, but I'm afraid I can't tell you how to get it.  Maybe
someone else on the sist can help us find it.  Also, *Farms of Tomorrow*
by Trauger Groh and Steve McFadden, a comprehensive book on CSA, is
available for $12 plus shipping from Josephine Porter Institute for
Applied Biodynamics, P O Box 133, Woolwine, VA  24185.  Trauger Groh and
his fellow farmers started the second CSA in the U.S., the Temple-Wilton
Community Farm, in New Hampshire.

Woody Wodraska
woodyw@juno.com
"There is no scarcity abiding in Nature.
Any scarcity we see is our own doing."

On Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:05:37 +0000 foa@ecn.cz (Nadace FOA) writes:
>Hello,
>Thank you for the information on the CSAs.  I am an American living 
>and working in Prague, the Czech Republic.  I have started an organic 
>foods cooperative here, and am working for the Foundation for Organic 
>Agriculture.  In looking for ways to support our organic farmers 
>(about 200 of them, mostly quite small), i am looking into developing 
>CSAs.  
>Do you have any contacts for more information-- written, or on video? 
>There was a brief piece on local TV about American CSAs, but so far i 
>have been unable to get a copy of it.  If know of any books or people 
>who might be able to help me out, i would appreciate it!
>At the ecology center where our office is, we accept volunteers in 
>exchange for accomodation, to work on a variety of projects.  This is 
>another option, if someone with experience were interested in 
>visiting Prague and helping set something up over here.  
>Thank you!
>Kirsten Szykitka
>Foundation for Organic Agriculture
>Kubatova 1
>102 00 Praha 10
>Czech Republic
>Phone:  (42 2) 75 10 46
>Fax:  (42 2) 68 49 107
>