Where: Coffee on Broadway on the corner of Broadway and 29^th St.

When: Sunday, September 28^th, 2008 at 1:00 p.m.

What is a C.S.A.? Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a model of food production, sales, and distribution aimed at connecting local farmers with local consumers.

CSAs can be anything from a cooperative farm to a family farm to a mixture of both or an entity of our own making.

Members of a CSA pay for a portion of the farms seasonal operating budget by purchasing a share of the season's yield in the beginning of the season. The members receive a weekly share of the farm's harvest.

Typically, CSA farms are organic or practice sustainable agriculture. They produce a variety of vegetables, fruits and flowers for members. The produce is picked up or delivered to one of several locations.

Often, a newsletter will accompany the weekly produce to provide recipes, articles of interest and updates on the farm detailing what will be coming up in the next week and long-term projects.

On some farms, the labor is hired, on others the members contribute labor through planting, weeding, and harvesting.

Please join the discussion!

Kate Daniels