Subject: Prairieland Community Supported Agriculture

From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 13:42:01 -0400

http://www.prairienet.org/pcsa/

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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
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Prairieland
Community
Supported
Agriculture

Bringing farmers and

consumers together in

Champaign County, Illinois!

Hundreds of Community Supported Agriculture projects (CSAs) have started up across the U.S. and Canada over the last 10 years as a collective response of farmers and consumers to the ecological, social, and economic problems we are currently facing in agriculture and community. Prairieland CSA started in the winter of 1994 in Champaign-Urbana.

In CSA, Community members buy shares in the harvest from the farmer(s) and receive fresh organic vegetables for the whole season. With a direct partnership between local farmers and consumers, CSA can provide a living wage for the farmer and fresh, organic produce for the consumers while using environmentally sustainable practices, limiting waste, and decreasing excessive transport.

More About Prairieland CSA:

A Brief overview of Prairieland Community Supported Agriculture

1997 PCSA Contract and Worker Shares Option

PCSA becomes a program of the Illinois Disciples Foundation.

A Second Year of Transforming Agribusiness as We Now Know It is a short history and introduction to Prairieland CSA written in 1995.

CSA-L is an e-mail list for networking on CSA in the U.S. and around the world.

The 1995 Prairieland CSA Season:

Welcome to 1995 Prairieland CSA! (March '95)

New Farmers for 1995 (March '95) looks at the winter planning process.

1995 PCSA Contract. (March '95)

The Vegetables of 1995. (March '95)

The 1994 Prairieland CSA Season:

Sharers Pleased with CSA is a look at last year's end of season surveys. (February '95)

In the Fields with Rick looks at what its like to farm for the CSA. (December '94)

The Vegetables of 1994.looks at a few 1994 PCSA sample weeks. (February '95)

Sustainable Agriculture:

CSA-L is an e-mail list for networking on CSA in the U.S. and around the world.

The Human Face of Sustainable Agriculture: Adding People to the Environmental Agenda.

ZINDABAD - British Columbia Farmworker's Fight for Rights A history of the Canadian Farmnworker's Union.

Urban Agriculture Notes

An Organic Farmer's Homepage.

Sites and Documents Devoted to Sustainable Agriculture

Related Local Organizations and Information:

Common Ground Food Co-op

Illinois Disciples Foundation

To the Prairienet Homepage

Prairieland CSA c/o Illinois Disciples Foundation,
Box 2600, Station A, Champaign, IL 61825
http://www.prairienet.org/pcsa/
[email-masked]

Updated February, 1997 by John Barclay
Telephone (217) 352-4025, email [email-masked]