Sources of Community Supported Agriculture Information

Contents

Information Resources about
Community Supported Agriculture
in Utah and across the United States.

Utah:

• Slow Food Utah: Find Local Foods - Community Supported Agriculture
   
• Utah's Own: Community Supported Agriculture
   
• Wasatch Community Gardens: CSAs in Utah
   

National:

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (USDA, National Agricultural Library) 
Lists information on Community Supported Agriculture, and also links to various other related information.

• Start Here: Community Supported Agriculture, providing a surprising variety of useful information, then visit these:
• 1993 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): An Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide. 1993
• Resources for Farmers. 2006
• Organizations and Web Sites. 2006
• Automated Database Searches. 2006
• Defining Community Supported Agriculture. 1993
• Publications about Community Supported Agriculture. 2001

American Community Gardening Association — "Growing community through gardening and greening across the United States and Canada."

Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) on Facebook — We love our farmers. Welcome to anyone who wishes to discuss community-supported agriculture and sustainable food for everyone.

Community Food Security Coalition — "CFSC is a non–profit, North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times. We seek to develop self-reliance among all communities in obtaining their food and to create a system of growing, manufacturing, processing, making available, and selling food that is regionally based and grounded in the principles of justice, democracy, and sustainability."  "Articles and information on food security, plus a community food security e-mail list." [Green Geurillas]

Green Guerillas"uses a unique mix of education, organizing, and advocacy to help people cultivate community gardens, sustain grassroots groups and coalitions, engage youth, paint colorful murals, and address issues critical to the future of their gardens.  Green Guerillas has grown into a vital resource center for New York City’s grassroots community gardening groups. Green Guerillas provides an array of services to more than 200 grassroots groups each year. Our skilled staff works to: Help enhance community gardens. Help gardeners preserve their precious green spaces. Help garden leaders sustain strong neighborhood coalitions. Nurture the next generation of community leaders. Help gardeners grow food and fight hunger."
"Guerillas in the Midst" Steve Frillmann, community garden guru, answers Grist’s questions. Feb. 13, 2006. (Community Supported Agriculture celebrating 30 years of garden action in New York City!)

Local Harvest — Information about locally grown and locally sold/bought products. A national organization. Local Harvest maintains a definitive and reliable "living" public nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources. The Local Harvest search engine helps people find products from family farms, local sources of sustainably grown food, and encourages them to establish direct contact with small farms in their local area. The Local Harvest online store helps small farms develop markets for some of their products beyond their local area. Map and list of participants in the Utah area.

Sustainable Table on Community Supported Agriculture.