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Re: Community Supported Agriculture



Hi Woody,
There's another great CSA resource out here on the west coast: CSA West,
1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA  95064, (408) 459-3964.  CSA West is a
training and resource center, which has grown out of the Center for
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems program at U.C. Santa Cruz.  CSA
West is now a program of CAFF (Community Alliance with Family Farms).

CSA West is sponsoring a one day workshop, "Successful Community Supported
Farming", on January 18th in the L.A. area. Contact CSA west for info.

Steve
Steve Moore
sfmoore@earthlink.net

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> From: Woody Wodraska <woodyw@juno.com>
> To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
> Cc: foa@ecn.cz
> Subject: Re: Community Supported Agriculture
> Date: Tuesday, November 19, 1996 6:17 AM
> 
> 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
> >