Database research record2012·United States
Community Supported Agriculture Program Consumer Preferences for Local and Organic Foods
Kynda R. Curtis, Voravee Chakreeyarat, J. Dominique Gumirakiza
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)
Urban Farm DB summary
Describes the origin of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs in the United States in the 1980s, in which consumers pay farmers in advance for a season's share of farm products and farmers commit to supplying a sufficient quantity, quality and variety of produce. The abstract provided contains only this background description of the CSA concept, with no reported survey data, sample or findings on consumer preferences.