Verification of the Feasibility of Introducing Community Supported Agriculture into University-Regional Cooperation

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An internet-based questionnaire survey of students, faculty and staff of a Faculty of Agriculture in Japan examined the feasibility of introducing Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) into university-regional cooperation. Awareness of CSA was low and prior participation limited, but respondents tended to rate CSA favorably as a university-regional cooperation initiative; ordered logistic regression showed willingness to pay CSA membership fees was associated with occupation, prior experience (home delivery, farm work), interest in food, CSA awareness, favorable evaluation of CSA for cooperation, and intention to participate in non-purchasing CSA activities.