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Sources of CSA Information

What is Community Supported Agriculture?

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) provides a mutually beneficial arrangement between farmers and consumers. People join by purchasing a "share" of produce pre-season, then pick up their weekly produce from a central drop point in their area during the harvest season.

CSA Benefits for the farmer? When signing up, you dedicate yourself to being a customer for the season, providing the farmer a secure market. CSAs enable farms to share the risk and abundance of producing food with the consumer, resulting in a more direct and rewarding link between farmer and community. (Payment in the Spring also provides cash to the farmer when it is needed most. [Borski Farms.] )

CSA Benefits for the shareholder? No more guessing where your food comes from! Members receive a weekly supply of diverse produce with "the farmer’s face on it." You can talk with the farmer, and many offer opportunities to visit the farms. Your produce is harvested and delivered directly to you, generally via a drop–off point, ensuring the freshest produce with a high nutritional value. You also get the satisfaction of knowing you are supporting a local farm.

(Courtesy of Wasatch Community Gardens)

[Webmaster’s Note: Community Supported Agriculture has certainly caught–on here in Utah. Most CSAs are full as of early June, 2008, which seems to me to be one of those good problems to have. It does mean that if you are interested in subscribing to a CSA, you need to begin the process early in the calendar year. Now of course, the age–old supply & demand issue arises. As supply (availability of shares) decreases, but demand increases, someone else will potentially be motivated to start a new CSA farm...]

• Wikipedia’s entry on "Community Supported Agriculture"
• USDA: National Agriculture Library – "Community Supported Agriculture".

CSAs Presently Operating in Northern Utah (As of June, 2008.)

Bell Organic Gardens of Draper  |  Borski Organic Farms  |  Copper Moose Farm  |  East Farms  |
Erin’s Funny Farm  |  Ranui Gardens  |  Sun River Farm  |  Zoe’s Organic Garden

• Bell Organic Gardens of Draper

  

  "Bell Organic Gardens of Draper has been providing the Salt Lake area with fresh, local produce for over 10 years. We are happy to continue to grow our partnership with this community by offering CSA shares to families and individuals who share our strong belief in the importance of locally produced, organically grown fruits and veggies.

  The Bell Organics CSA will run June – October, 2008 for 20 weeks, start date flexible due to Mother Nature.

   

• Whole Shares: $800 — Enough produce for a family of 4–5 who eat fresh veggies everyday (just like ours).
  It is our goal to provide you with an average of $40.00 worth of fresh organic produce every week (40 x 20 = 800). Some weeks (in the spring) it may be less and some week (Aug – Sept) it may be more.
• Half Shares: $400 — Enough produce for a family of 2–3 who eat fresh veggies everyday. An average of $20.00 worth of fresh organic produce every week.
• Produce List: Beans, beets, broccoli raab, cabbage, carrots, celery, radicchio, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, arugula, asian greens, mache, mustard greens, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, garlic, shallots, onions, heirloom tomatoes, lettuce, melons, peas, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes, spinach, summer squash, winter squash, swiss chard, apples, peaches, plums.
• Restaurant Customers: "Bell Organic Gardens is committed to the idea that the best food is grown locally, organically and at Mother Nature’s pace. We’ve found this simple approach appeals to many local restaurants and markets. If you feel the same, we encourage you to support: Acme Burger Company, Avenues Bakery, Bambara, Cafe Trio Cottonwood, Cafe Trio Downtown, Citrus Grill, Em᾿s, Epic, Faustina, Food for Thought, Fresco Italian Cafe, The Garden Cafe, Liberty Heights Fresh, Log Haven, Lugano, Martine, The One World Cafe, Pine, Redrock Brewing Company, Sage’s Cafe, Squatters, The Paris Bistro, Tiburon, and Tuscany."
  [Webmaster’s Note: Please let eating establishment proprietors know of your interest in locally grown and/or organic produce.]
• Registration Form (PDF)

•  

  Contact Bell Organic Gardens of Draper: David or Jill Bell, Draper, Utah.

  Phone: (801) 571–7288  |  E–Mail.

  (Information Updated June 9, 2008.)

   

• Borski Organic Farms

  

  Featuring Organic and Specialty Grown Produce

  Borski Organic Farms opened in 1992,

  and has been in continuous operation since.

  Based in Kaysville, Utah, Borski Organic Farms grows over 50 different vegetables, many herbs and fruit, and flowers.

   

   

   

• Borski CSA Program Features:
• "Fresh, organically grown herbs, fruits, and vegetables picked at the peak of ripeness.
• 15 week season: June 30, – October 1, 2008 (Holidays included).
• A creative variety of heirloom salad greens, cooking greens, peas, beans, garlic, squash, potatoes, corn, tomatoes, and many other fruits vegetables and herbs at a reasonable price.
• Look forward to: Herb starts such as dill, Italian parsley, and basil; Raspberries from Bear Lake; Fruit from the Utah State University Extension Orchard in Kaysville; Dried heirloom beans."
• Consider purchasing an additional share to preserve. Start winter storage you will look forward to! We have the latest information on freezing, canning, and drying, plus great recipes for sauces, salsas and pickling.

   

• Join Borski Farms CSA by sending a completed registration form and check for each share to:

  Borski Organic Farms, 251 West 100 South, Kaysville, UT 84037. Please mail your registration by May 14, 2007.

• One Borski Organic Farms Share $175. — One share in the Borski CSA is enough food for about 2 people per week.

   

• Borski CSA Pick–Up Locations (Starting June 30, 2008):
• Salt Lake City, 82 Virginia Street, front porch. Mondays.
• Salt Lake City, 1163 Sherman Avenue. Mondays.
• Kaysville, Farm, 251 West 100 South. Fridays. (July 4 through October 10, 2008.)
• South Ogden (Cochran’s Produce), 6060 South 1550 East. Fridays. (July 4 through October 10, 2008.)

   

• Borski Produce Stand:

  Monday through Saturday (beginning of July through end of October), 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

  310 North Main in Kaysville, Utah. (Located next to Big–O Tires.) (MapQuest Map)

   

  Contact Borski Organic Farms: John Borski, 251 West 100 South, Kaysville, Utah 84037.

  Phone: 801–941–9620  |  E–Mail.

  (Information Updated June 9, 2008.)

   

• Copper Moose Farm

  

  "Copper Moose Farm is located in Park City Utah, elevation 7,000 ft. Growing at this altitude with over 300 inches of snow per year is a challenging and exciting adventure. Currently growing on 1 acre and assisted by our 2,400 sq ft passive solar greenhouse we grow certified organic vegetables and cut flowers for the Park City community.

  Our CSA allows community members to enjoy fresh produce and cut flowers that are sustainably grown by people they know and trust. Our CSA is a group of people that appreciate great food, local small-scale agriculture, the environment, and the theories and practices behind living sustainably.

  For the 2008 season we will supply 40 families with fresh, seasonal produce and cut flowers once a week. The pick-up will be at the farm, giving our members a chance to connect with the people, methods, and land growing their food. We are centrally located in Park City on Old Ranch Road, which allows easy access from most neighborhoods in the greater Park City area. The cost of a CSA vegetable share is $800, while the cost of a cut flower share is $250. (As of May 15, 2008, flower and vegetable shares are sold–out.)

  Vegetable Share: CSA vegetable share distributions will last for 16-20 weeks starting in June. The share boxes will consistcarrots of a variety of in–season goodies such as: arugula, beans, beets, basil, broccoli, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, cucumbers, carrots, chard, eggplant, endive, fennel, garlic, herbs, heirloom tomatoes, kale, leeks, mizuna, mustard, melons, onions, potatoes, peppers, pumpkins, radishes, radicchio, spinach, sweet potatoes, summer squash, salad mix, scallions, and turnips. Each box will most likely contain enough vegetables to satisfy the moderate vegetable needs of a family of four.

  Example of a weekly CSA vegetable share: 1# double-washed salad mix, ½# arugula, ½# double-washed spinach, 1 bunch carrots, 1 bunch King Richard leeks, 2# heirloom tomatoes, ¼# Lettuce Leaf basil, summer squash, 1 bunch herbs, cucumbers, peppers, 1.5# Cranberry Red Potatoes, 1 head Red Drumhead cabbage, 1 oz edible flowers, Purple and Blue Lake Bush beans.

  The CSA vegetable share also includes a recipe each week along with news from the farm. Check out the newsletters from last year to get a feel.

  Flower Share: CSA Flower share distributions will last for 12-16 weeks starting mid-late June. A share will consist of one gorgeous bouquet a week of in–season organically grown flowers.

   

  Contact Copper Moose Farm CSA, Park City, Utah.

  Phone: (435) 604–0497 or (435) 604–0498. | E–Mail – Daisy

  (Information Updated June 9, 2008.)

   

• East Farms

  

  "East Farms LLC is a family owned and operated farm. We are currently farming over 200 acres, with 30 acres dedicated to Community Support Agriculture and grown to meet organic standards.

  The East Farms CSA has over 500 members for 2008. Fresh produce will be delivered from June through October, 2008. This year our program will run for eighteen weeks. East Farm CSA distribution will start the first part of June and run through October (whether permitting it could be earlier or later). Drop locations are in the Salt Lake County area (Salt Lake, Murray & Draper), Ogden, Davis County, Eden and Huntsville.

  East Farms also grows for wholesalers and farmers’ markets. When you get your CSA box every week, the variety may vary from what you see at the farmers’ market since the CSA is a separate farm. Our CSA is composed mainly of vegetables but we will be farming my grandma’s orchard this year and we should have fruit 1–2 times a month. We will also grow potted herbs again this year for fresh use or planting in your gardens.

  East Farms offers half shares as well as full shares. Typically we see families of 1–3 subscribing to half shares and families greater than three using full shares. Shares will generally contain four or more types of produce. A half share typically is a half bushel in volume or weight. Full shares are double a half, and may contain more types of produce than a half–share."

• Half East Farms Share $205. — Family Size 1 to 3. — (Early Price before March 1st is $195.)
• Whole East Farms Share $395. — Family Size greater than 3 — (Early Price before March 1st is $380.)

• Each week you will receive the newsletter "Lettuce Connect," written by Christi Paulson, offering information about various produce included in that week’s CSA box, along with a few recipes to help develop ideas on how to prepare and cook that week’s produce.

  East Farms CSA Members will receive a weekly assortment of produce and some fruits that are available throughout the summer. To ensure the highest quality possible, the produce will be harvested the same morning as the delivery."

   

  Contact East Farms to sign–up for your share(s):

  Jeremy or Shay East, East Farms, 4910 Canvasback Lane, West Point, Utah 84015.

  Phone: 801–525–2219. | E–Mail.

  (Information Updated June 9, 2008.)

   

• KUER (90.1FM) "Bite Sized" with host Beth Hoffman

  "Community Supported Agriculture" featuring East Farms CSA.

• Broadcast Date: March 19, 2007
• "Beth Hoffman continues her series called Bite Sized with a visit to a farm in Woods Cross, just north of Salt Lake City. Hoffman wants us to stop for a moment and think about food in a deeper way — at the environmental, cultural and artistic connections we have to cooking and eating in Utah. Today, Hoffman brings us to East Farms, one of five farms in the Salt Lake Valley participating in a community–supported agriculture or CSA program this year."

  Jeremy or Shay East, East Farms CSA located at 4910 Canvasback Lane, West Point, Utah.

• Listen to the Podcast.

   

• Erin’s Funny Farm CSA

  

  "Erin’s Funny Farm CSA is "a small family farm committed to providing the community with fresh, healthy, chemical–free produce from early spring until late fall." Erin’s produce is also available at the Cache Valley Gardener’s Market on Saturdays in Logan, Utah.

  "The Experiment: A Neighborhood CSA — The first deliveries went out during the week of March 17th, 2008. Small bags of carrots, lettuce, and kale were brought to each of our four members. After a month of deliveries, our CSA experiment seems [to be] working. Most community–supported agriculture (CSA) is done on large farms, with acres of land and dozens of members. Our idea of having a small…tiny, CSA on our half–acre plot of land right in the middle of Logan, Utah is a very different approach to the concept of CSA. However, I believe that our experiment with a small urban neighborhood CSA is important."

  Offering blood sorrel, carrots, chard, chives, cilantro, kale, lettuce, peas, potatoes, mustards, raddishes, spinach, strawberry spinach, and possibly others. Share price is set at $170, and as of mid–Arpil, 2008 they have limited to 4 shares, they may expand to 6, depending on... (They have four families now, so they are full.) Growing in Northern Utah is a challenge, and Erins’ is still working out the details of CSA farming.

  During the spring of 2008, Erin’s offered a wide variety of heirloom tomato plants, which were made available directly to neighbors and at the Cache Valley Gardener’s Market in Logan, Utah. You can view a full list of their heirloom tomato plants, in the left sidebar of their blog.

  Finally, you might enjoy reading From PhD to CSA: How Erin’s Funny Farm Came to Be, and looking through her blog to read her musings on the CSA.

  See also Erin’s listing at LocalHarvest.

   

  Contact Erin’s Funny Farm CSA: Erin Brewer, Logan, Utah.

  E–Mail – Erin

  (Information Updated June 8, 2008.)

   

• Ranui Gardens

  

  "Ranui Gardens is "Utah’s Original Organic Grower" and we continue to grow fresh produce, cut flowers and herbs for our local markets. We have been sustainably growing, using methods set forth by Rudolf Steiner, since 1984. "Ranui" (Pronounced Rah–New–E) means the place of the Sun God."

  (Ranui Gardens has "dropped" their Organic certification and indicate they feel "local" and "fresh" "have more meaning than USDA Organic." See CSA 2008 Information & Sign–up Letter (Word Document) for more details. Although, Ranui is full for 2008.)

  "Ranui Gardens is located between two of the great ski ranges of the world; nestled at the western end of the Uintah mountains looking west to the Wasatch Range. Located in Summit County, Utah, we freeze every month of the year and still manage to run a commercial herb and vegetable farm supporting 20 CSA members, grocery stores and restaurants in the surrounding communities. We grow fresh culinary and medicinal herbs, vegetables, and flowers. We love punishment, that is why we became farmers. Although the hours are non–stop through the summer, we get all winter to ski and surf.

  Ranui Gardens brings you Community Supported Agriculture for a nineth season in 2008. Our program caters to residents of Summit County, specifically the Park City area, and the Coalville and Kamas valleys. We have no drop–off locations outside of Summit County. We deliver seasonal produce to our members for 15–20 weeks during the main growing season (June–October). Each week’s produce is accompanied by two recipes pertaining to the contents of the box. Recipes are written by CSA member, vegetarian and Deer Valley Executive Pastry Chef, Letty Flatt.

  2008 Crop List (tentative) — We specialize in leafy green crops but produce a wide range of vegetables and herbs. The crops we produce include: lettuce, spinach, arugula, kale, Swiss chard, carrots, beets, scallions, sweet onions, cioppolini onions, leeks, garlic, tomatoes, ethnic sweet peppers, summer squash, beans, potatoes, basil, sage, thyme, oregano, cilantro, dill, chives, kohlrabi, cabbage, broccoli, cucumbers, celery, asian greens, parsley, radish, and more...

  Located in Hoytsville, Utah at 5800 feet above sea level, Ranui Gardens specializes in year–round gourmet salad greens. Our cool evening temperatures allow us to grow fine salad greens right through the summer months. But we don’t stop growing these greens when the days get short and cold. By using simple methods we are able to extend our growing season to almost twelve months long, producing the sweetest, most tender greens of the year. Our list of greens include spinach, arugula, leaf lettuce mix, Wild Greens (our signature salad mix), and mache, to name a few.

  We promote a healthy farm through composting, cover crops, crop rotation, compost teas, plant teas, and the Biodynamic preparations. We have been employing these methods since 1984 and continue to be Utah’s leader in sustainable growing techniques. We have never used any chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides on our farm, ever! When you eat our veggies you can taste the difference and it’s all due to twenty plus years of good growing practices and a little love and attention from the grower.

  Ranui Gardens is looking for help for the 2007 season. We seek motivated, responsible people who have a genuine interest in learning about sustainable farming practices and Biodynamics. Our needs include: picking, packing, deliveries, farmer’s markets, weeding, planting, sowing, and other garden duties. Full–time, part–time, paid and volunteer positions are available from May to November. We are flexible, easy going folks but expect hard work and commitment. All help will enjoy the freshest, most wholesome vegetables, herbs, and flowers one could imagine. An intern position is available for the 2007 season. On–site housing, for those qualified, will be available. Experience and references a must." (Contact Ranui Gardens...)

  Where to find Ranui Gardens’ produce. | Ranui Gardens’ Links.

   

  Contact Ranui Gardens: John or Sue, 1459 Hoytsville Road, Dog Holler (near Coalville), Utah 84017.

  Phone: 435–336–2813. | E–Mail

  (Information Updated June 9, 2008.)

   

• Sun River Farm

  

  "Sun River Farm consists of 2 small family farms growing a huge variety of fresh vegetables, herbs and cut flowers on land that is beginning its 10th year of chemical free production. Our produce is "naturally grown" in an environmentally responsible manner, without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides."

  "During the mid–June to late–October, 2008 harvest season, Salt Lake City shares are picked up Saturday mornings, 8:00 A.M. to 12:30 p.m. from our booth, at the Downtown Alliance Farmers Market in Pioneer Park. Cache Valley shares are picked–up Wed. afternoon/evenings 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. at Sweet Peas health food store on Center St. in downtown Logan."

  Benefits for you? "No more guessing where your food comes from! With CSA, members receive a weekly assortment of seasonal veggies, which are harvested and delivered to you directly from the farm, thus ensuring the freshest product with a higher nutritional value. In addition, the varieties we grow are selected for maximum eating quality, or are prized heirlooms that are not usually available in grocery stores. You also get the satisfaction of knowing you are supporting the local farming community, preserving our agricultural heritage and rapidly disappearing farmland, and helping to keep Utah’s air, water, soil (and vegetables) cleaner."

  Benefits for us? "By establishing an arrangement with a group of local supporters, we are provided with a secure market for some of our produce. This helps us to focus more closely on the farming, not the marketing. Also, the pre–season enrollment funds are crucial in providing the necessary resources to make a CSA work properly. Additionally, we derive a lot of satisfaction out of helping to connect people with a locally produced food supply and the land."

  What will you get each week? "There will typically be 5–7 different types of veggies in your share each week, consisting primarily of vegetables and herbs. You will always be eating in–season, according to what is available to harvest weekly, as we progress through spring, summer, and fall crops. We offer full, 1/2 and student/fall 1/2 shares. A full share will typically supply a family of four, and a 1/2 share should feed two."

  Come Visit Your Veggies. We encourage our members to visit the farm, but please CALL AHEAD, as we are not always there. Our CSA allows you to work off a portion of your share! If you are interested in lending a hand (or back), hours worked on the farm will be credited in one of two ways: additional produce, or applied towards next seasons membership. We also welcome and adore volunteer workers!

  At What Cost? In 2008, we will have a 17–week pick–up season and shares cost $450/full & $250/half, and $125/student/fall share. This year we are offering a 3 hour work/trade shift at the pick–up, which will give you a $25 discount off your share price. We also have payment plan shares available that can be held with a $50 deposit. (See enrollment form for more details.) For additional information, or to request an enrollment form, please contact James Haggerty."

  The Sun River Farm is located at 9900 North 5200 West, Elwood, Utah.
  (Southeast of Tremonton)  (Google Map.)

   

  Contact Sun River Farm: James Haggerty, 141 South 6000 West, Mendon, Utah 84325.

  Phone: 435–787–1182 | e–mail | 2008 Brochure (.doc) | 2008 Enrollment Form (.doc)

  (Information Updated June 10, 2008.)

   

• Zoe’s Organic Garden

  

  "June 16, 2008 begins the Zoe’s Organic Garden 2008 season!

  E–Mail us if you are interested in membership or visit our Become A Member page (we still have shares available for late purchase).

  Zoe’s Garden offers community subscriptions in the Park City, Heber, Salt Lake, Ogden & Orem areas. Our purpose is to provide the freshest naturally grown produce possible by delivering it to our local members within a day of picking. Become a member and Taste the Difference!

  Zoe’s is now offering meats and more! Learn more. Please explore the rest of our site to learn more about CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Also, stay up–to–date by reading our Updates page.

  Dates & Locations: — The 2008 season will be 20 weeks of deliveries, from June 19 into October, 2008.

  Deliveries are planed for: Layton (Zoe’s Farm), Ogden (Beehive Cheese Factory), Salt Lake County area (Sugar House, Downtown Salt Lake, Sandy), Utah County (Lindon), Park City area, and Heber City (Balance Wellness Center). (Google Map of drop locations.) More details on Dates Available, Pick-Up Locations & Times, Selecting Items, Share Size & Price Chart.

  Share Size & Pricing: — Shares are available at 3 sizes. For details on share sizes and pricing please see Zoe’s Garden Membership Information.

  Zoe’s Organic Garden now grows over 600 varieties of organic vegetables, fruit and herbs – the most thorough inventory offered to CSA members in Utah. New for 2008, Zoe’s is now offering meats and more including: Local raw honey, Grass fed Lamb (4 varieties), Grass fed Beef (3 varieties), Grass fed Goat (4 varieties), Goat Milk (coming soon), Pig, Free range Chicken (5 varieties), Free range Geese (3 varieties), Free range Duck (4 varieties), Free range Heritage Turkey (7 varieties), Pheasant, Chukar, Quail (4 varieties), Guinea hen, Free range Chicken eggs, Free range Duck eggs, Free range Goose eggs, Free range Turkey eggs, Quail eggs, and Chukar eggs.

  All of Zoe’s Natural Garden’s produce is grown without chemicals, and 80% of our farm’s production is certified organic by the state of Utah, who perform random inspections on our produce and soil 3–4 times each year. As more varieties of organic seeds are becoming available, the percentage of our crop that can be certified will increase. The land we grow our vegetables on has not had any pesticide use for 20–40 years. We are proud of our accomplishments and of the healthy example and environment we are providing for Zoe, our community, and the planet. We hope you will be a part of our farm, too!"

  Visit Zoe’s Garden to learn Why Organic? and more about Zoe’s Story.

  Zoe’s Garden is located at: 1331 East Green Street, Kaysville (Fruit Heights), Utah, 84037. (Google Map.)

   

  Contact Zoe’s Garden: P.O. Box 3762, Ogden, Utah 84409.

  Jennifer Chen: E–Mail | 801–725–2682.

  David Chen, Farmer: E–Mail | 801–721–8761.

  Jon & Cheryl Henry, Volunteer CSA Coordinators: E–Mail | 435–513–0810.

  (Information Updated June 9, 2008.)

   

CSAs Presently Operating in Southern Utah (As of June, 2008.)

Cricket Song Farm

• Cricket Song Farm

  "Cricket Song Farm "Serving St. George and Cedar City areas. We were both raised on the farm and have always raised large gardens. We have operated a u–pick organic vegetable farm for several years and have participated in the Cedar City Farmers Market for 15 years and also at the Kayenta and St. George Farmers Markets when they have been available. We use organic principles and take our obligation to the betterment of the earth very seriously. Our motto is: ‘Let our family grow your family’s food.’ Our mission statement is: ‘To provide organically grown vegetables to individuals using accountable stewardship; returning to the earth more than taken; and respecting the value of an honest days work.’"

  Cricket Song Farm is located at: 5221 North 1600 West, Beryl, Utah 84714. (West of Cedar City.) (Google Map.)

   

  Contact Glen and Jill Simkins: E–Mail | 435–630–6587.

  (Information Updated June 9, 2008, from GSLRC&D.)

   

Co–operatives Presently Operating in Northern Utah (As of March, 2007.)

• The Community Food Co–Op of Utah

  

  Operated by Crossroads Urban Center, in Salt Lake City. "The Community Food Co–Op offers select grocery staples at up to 50% below retail. We are able to do this through collective buying, low over–head, and volunteer power. Each month, members pre-order their groceries. You can order as much as you like, and how often you place an order is up to you. Next, the Co–op buys the food from local and national producers and wholesalers, which is then delivered to our Salt Lake City warehouse. Then, on "Distribution Day" (usually the third or fourth Saturday of every month) a network of volunteers helps distribute the food to locations along the Wasatch Front where you can pick up your order. These locations, known as "host sites," may be your local church, school or community center."

  (Join the Co–Op, or place your Monthly Order)

   

  "Co–Op: A jointly owned commercial [or non–profit] enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners." (From "The Free Dictionary")

Sources of Community Supported Agriculture Information

Utah:

• Buy Local First Utah — Community Supported Agriculture listings.
• Great Salt Lake Resource Conservation & Development Community Supported Agriculture listings.
• Local Harvest — Community Supported Agriculture listings for Utah.
• Utah’s Own — Community Supported Agriculture listings.
• Wasatch Community Gardens’ — Home Page.
• Wasatch Community Gardens’ — Utah CSA Information.

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:
• Resources for Farmers. March, 2008
• Organizations and Web Sites. January, 2006
• Automated Database Searches. December, 2006
• Publications about Community Supported Agriculture. 2001
• Defining Community Supported Agriculture. September, 1993
• 1993 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): An Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide. 1993
• American Community Gardening Association — "Growing community through gardening and greening across the United States and Canada."
• 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.