From sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.eduMon Apr 3 23:26:16 1995 Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 17:04:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" To: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture Subject: "Foodshed" resource: CSA Proceedings (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 17:01:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Hodges To: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" Subject: "Foodshed" resource: CSA Proceedings (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 13:45:47 -0700 From: Barbara Wetzel To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: "Foodshed" resource: CSA Proceedings SANET-ers: PROCEEDINGS. COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE. Please note that the statewide University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP) has published proceedings from a very popular conference on Subscription Farming or Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs). This concept is part of a successful Foodshed. The conference was co-sponsored by the UC Small Farm Center. >From a standing-room-only conference at the University of California Davis in December 1993 comes this collection of farmer presentations about the Community Supported Agriculture or CSA concept. In CSAs consumers buy "subscriptions" to local or nearly local farms, and farmers are able to plan ahead with prepaid customers. Subscription farming began in Western Europe and Japan in the mid-1960s, first appeared in the U.S. in the mid-1980s, and has been gathering momentum ever since. The consumer group CSA North America is calling for 10,000 subscription farms by the year 2000. The proceedings includes the presentations of four farmers experienced in operating CSAs, who discussed their farms and the history and philosophy behind Community Supported Agriculture. The 37-page proceedings includes bibliography and resource guide. Editor: Gerry Cohn. Price $8.00. Available from: UC Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. Checks or money orders payable to UC Regents; include name, address and telephone on order. Price includes tax and shipping. UC SAREP is working to develop a program area in community food systems. If you have questions or comments about foodsheds or local food systems, please contact Gail Feenstra, food systems analyst, 916-752-8408, gwfeenstra@ucdavis.edu. Snail mail: Gail Feenstra, UC SAREP, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. Barbara Wetzel UC SAREP