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Visit the new on-line Guide to Community Supported Agriculture in
Kentucky at www.theruralcenter.org
Rural Center for Responsible Living has developed this on-line publication
with special thanks to the Howe Charities for their generous grant
support.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is alive and growing in the state of
Kentucky, representing a farm centered, relationship based marketing effort
built out of trust, mutual respect and a quality product. Customers, often
called shareholders, make a financial commitment to the farm for the duration of
the growing season, in turn the farmer provides a weekly supply of the farm's
products. Each farm sets it up a little bit different, thus creating an ideal
distribution system based out of a mutual agreement between farmer and customer,
not bottom line prices and the desperate need to move a perishable
product.
Eleven farms are profiled and more are being added. Each CSA has
contributed a story as unique and individual as the farm itself. Consumers are
empowering the country side with their caring support and food dollars, farmers
are enriching the lives of urban people by providing access to quality
fresh food and an opportunity to have a connection with a farm. People eat
healthy, and farmers are supported for their proper husbandry.
Rural Center for Responsible Living believes that these noble efforts
deserve as much visibility as possible. We hope this profile will inspire more
people to look for a CSA in their area, or better yet, initiate one.
Farmer narratives, full length articles and photos paint a picture of
agricultural role models who are helping to preserve small farms of Kentucky for
the future.
A hard copy brochure is available upon request for distribution at public
events.Email us for more information
<<Rural Center for Responsible Living is a non-profit organization
located
on a working biodynamic farm in southern Kentucky. Organic and biodynamic farming and gardening, small- scale agriculture and local food production are essential to the health and vitality of both urban and rural communities. We teach practical hands on gardening methods that eliminate the need for toxic chemicals, while working to develop consumer awareness regarding the state of agriculture in the world today through on-farm classes, publishing, media projects and outreach. >> |
