Community Supported Agriculture: A promising pathway for small family farms in Eastern Europe? A case study from Romania

Urban Farm DB summary

Three cases of Community Supported Agriculture launched for the first time in western Romania were analyzed for the costs and benefits experienced by participating farmers and consumers. Farmers deliver organically grown vegetables directly to private contract partners; consumers were characterized by value-based attitudes such as belief in healthy nutrition and concern about synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, while farmers were driven more by economic considerations — market access itself and higher prices. Both farmers and consumers used the partnership to compensate for market failure.