RESOURCE LIST The "BASIC FORMULA to CREATE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE" compiled and written by Robyn Van En,is an 80 pg. handbook/start-up manual which includes sample budgets, job descriptions, community outreach tactics, a bibliography, a list of CSA projects throughout North America and more. $10 each or multiple copies 10/$80. ppd. Bookrate. For Canada $13.50 Canadian (which includes 1st class postage). Personal checks add $2 Bank service fee. The fully updated and expanded edition of the CSA handbook is in progress and will be available in the Autumn of 1996. For a 'list of CSA projects' in your state which includes name of farm/garden, contact person,address and phone number send a self-addressed, stamped envelope. For other states please enclose $1. The 'DETAILED DIRECTORY" listing most of the currently active projects by state with pertinent information on each: variety of crops/production, weeks of distribution, number of shares, etc. $10. "IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT VEGETABLES", an 18 minute video interviewing the core group the first vegetable season at Indian Line Farm (July 1986) with a running dialogue of logistics. A little dated but pertinent; used to visually introduce the concept to potential sharers. $35 ppd. Special 4th Class, add $2 for Priority/ 2 Day Delivery. "ANNOTATED ARTICLES", a collection of various CSA related articles from over the years annotated and compiled to give 'popular media's' overview of CSA's beginnings, current adaptations and future implications. This packet also includes an extensive, though not conclusive, bibliography list for further reading/research. $5ppd. "COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE: The Producer/Consumer Partnership" by Robyn Van En with Cathy Roth, University of Massachusetts Rural Development Specialist. A brief but thorough description of CSA; how it works, the benefits to agriculture and community, resource list, etc. Used to introduce CSA to potential sharers, local farmers,town planners and other land/agriculture related organizations. 8 pg. with some full-page photos, $2ppd. This text with photos can be found on the Internet at: http://www.umass.edu/umext/CSA. "TOWARD AN AGRICULTURAL ETHIC",written by Bonner McAllester and illustrated by Victoria Reed. A capsulization of a 6 weeks long study circle to determine the basis of an 'agricultural ethic' in Berkshire County, Massachusetts by a small community group including local farmers, a banker, environmental lawyer, professor of humanities and others. $1 each or multiple copies upon request from: CSANA or UMASS/ Berkshire County Cooperative Extension, 44 Bank Row, Pittsfield, Ma. 01201-6202. "FARMS of TOMORROW" by Trauger Groh and Steven McFadden.An in-depth discussion of the philosophy of CSA,as well as seven case studies. 176pg/ $14 to: Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Assoc. Box 550, Kimberton, Pa.19442. On-site and telephone consultation or presentations of the CSA concept can be arranged with Robyn Van En, Co-founder of Community Supported Agriculture and Director of CSA of North America (CSANA). A 'Speakers Bureau' is also being compiled to be able to contact other qualified presenters in your region. COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE of NORTH AMERICA COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE is an annual partnership between food producers and food consumers. The goal of this association is to provide a biodiverse variety of local, fresh, field-ripened foods, grown in a socially and ecologically responsible manner. This partnership ensures fair compensation to the farmer, proper land stewardship and vitally nutritious products for the sharing members today and the future generations. COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE of NORTH AMERICA is a not for profit, educat ional, networking and technical assistance organization for existing, aspiring and potential CSA in Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. The 'SEASONAL NEWS', is a quarterly newsletter by, for and about people becoming part of the solution through agriculture supported communities, available for $21 a year. The newsletter provides technical assistance to CSA organizer's activity and ongoing education and inspiration for the community of CSA members.Your subscription supports CSANA's continuing efforts to make the CSA option known and accessible to farmers and the other mainstream population of North America. ___ YES, I want to become part of the solution and also support the continuing work of CSA of North America (CSANA). I am enclosing a check in the amount of $21 ($25 for Canada, Mexico, Caribbean ) for my newsletter subscription. ___ Sample newsletter $3 or 'back issues'. For Newsletter Subscription, Publications on the CSA Resource List and all Tax-Deductible Donations please make checks payable to: CSANA; Indian Line Farm, 57 Jugend Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 01230, tel/fax 413-528-4374; email: csana @ bcn.net. Please use U.S. Postal Money Orders and allow for the currency exchange rate and extra postage for items destined to areas outside of the United States. While CSANA specializes in North American based CSA activity we continue to collect and supply CSA related information to the Four Corners and Far Reaches of the known World. The CSA equivalent was first developed in Japan in 1965 by a group of women concerned with the increase of processed imports and the corresponding decrease in the farming population. They initiated a direct and cooperative relationship with local farmers on an annual basis to pay their share of production costs to receive their share of the harvest. A share in Japan typically includes vegetables, fruits, fish, soy products and rice and is known as 'food with the farmers' face on it'. CSA was first implemented in the United States in 1985 when the opportunity to share a local apple harvest (storage apples and fresh cider) was offered to community members in Western Massachusetts. There are now nearly 600 CSA operations throughout North America engaging at least 100,000 people.