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sharing and seed libraries. Permaculture. Agroecology. Regenerative ocean and land farming. Food sovereignty. Regional food system planning. Small farmer cooperatives. Consumer cooperatives and buying clubs. Community-supported agriculture. HOW ARE WE MAKING BEAUTIFUL TROUBLE? Reappropriation of underutilized land. Civil disobedience. Defying property law for our right to grow food, access seeds, and repair
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University of Agriculture, where she studied large-scale cooperatives in Japan. There are many examples of initiatives that show us what food sovereignty looks like. Community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs, for instance, are based on a mutual commitment between producers and consumers to share the risks and rewards of agriculture. The CSA concept
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Food Sovereignty” by the Nyéléni 2007 International Steering Committee. (2007) nyeleni.org/DOWNLOADS/Nyelni_EN.pdf GUIDE “Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen’s Guide to Community Supported Agriculture” by Elizabeth Henderson and Robyn Van En. (2007) viacampesina.org/en/international-peasants-voice WEBSITE English-language materials and video about La Via Campesina and
Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder From the World of Plants
by Jane Goodall · 1 Apr 2013 · 452pp · 135,790 words
,” Union of Concerned Scientists, April 2009, http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/failure-to-yield.pdf. 46. “community-sponsored agriculture (CSA) programs” “Community Supported Agriculture,” LocalHarvest, accessed July 30, 2013, http://www.localharvest.org/csa/. 47. “four thousand listed in its database” Ibid. CHAPTER 16 1. “representing at least a
The new village green: living light, living local, living large
by Stephen Morris · 1 Sep 2007 · 289pp · 112,697 words
) ......103 Too Good to Throw Away (Josh Wachtel) ........................................107 The Rise and Fall of Raw Milk (Ron Schmid)...................................117 6 : Small is Beautiful What is Community Supported Agriculture (Robyn Van En) ...........129 Community Supported Energy 101 (Greg Pahl) ..............................132 Friends Meeting (Dave Smith) .........................................................135 Memoirs of a Moderator (John McClaughry)...................................138 Think Clean
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provide the only sensible way for humans to live, long-term, on earth.” — Kirkpatrick Sale Middlebury College 128 chapter 6 : Small is Beautiful What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)? C by Robyn Van En SA is a relationship of mutual support and commitment between local farmers and community members who pay the farmer
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-supported communities” where members receive a wide variety of foods harvested at their peak of freshness, ripeness, flavor, vitamin and mineral content. The goals of Community Supported Agriculture is to support a sustainable agriculture system which: provides farmers with direct outlets for farm products and ensures fair compensation encourages proper land stewardship by
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farming and produce community co-op programs in Northern Germany and brought his ideas here to the United States, likewise contributing to the founding of Community Supported Agriculture. 130 chapter 6 : Small is Beautiful There is much speculation as to whether the founding farmers knew anything about a concept known as teikei that
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’s face on it.” In 1965 Japanese women initiated a direct, cooperative relationship in which local farmers were supported by consumers on an annual basis. Community Supported Agriculture continues to blossom in North America, and it opens various doors of opportunity everyday for local communities, helping them get back in touch with each
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neighbors, thanks to one thing that every single living person has in common with the next: eating. Resources Robyn Van En, Basic Formula to Create Community Supported Agriculture, CSANA Indian Line Farm, 1988. Steven McFadden, CommUnity of Minds: Working Together, 2004. According to McFadden, both Vander Tuin and Groh studied the works of
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as Community Supported Energy (CSE) or sometimes Community Based Energy Development (C-BED). Regardless of the name you use, these projects are somewhat similar to Community Supported Agriculture. The main difference, however, is that instead of investing in potatoes, carrots, or cucumbers, with CSE, local residents invest in energy projects that provide greater
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’s transported. Shift your focus to local sustainability. Move towards seasonal eating to enhance our local farming community and also individual health. Participate in local community supported agriculture, farmers’ markets, and food cooperatives. Take advantage of the bounty we have in this area and support the financial balance in our community. Eat less
The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism
by Jeremy Rifkin · 31 Mar 2014 · 565pp · 151,129 words
.52 While gardeners are beginning to share harvests on microplots, a younger generation of farmers is sharing harvests on an agricultural scale with urban consumers. Community supported agriculture (CSA) began inauspiciously in Europe and Japan in the 1960s and accelerated rapidly in the United States and other countries in the 1990s with the
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effective commons, 161–162 rediscovering, 156–165 and Törbel Commons covenant agreement of 1483, 160–161 see also Hardin, Garrett; Rose, Carol “Commons affliction,” 187 Community supported agriculture (CSA), 239–240 computer-aided design (CAD), 124 computer(s), cost(s) of, 80 concentration patterns, 54–55 conservation easement(s), 186 consumer(s) and
The omnivore's dilemma: a natural history of four meals
by Michael Pollan · 15 Dec 2006 · 467pp · 503 words
pestilence and iniquity though it might be, was probably here to stay and would need to eat, he allowed that farmer's markets and CSAs—"community supported agriculture," schemes in which customers "subscribe" to a farm, paying a few hundred dollars at the start of the growing season in exchange for a weekly
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, William, 26, 101 Coca-Cola, 95, 104-5 CoetzeeJ.M, 309,319 Columbus, Christopher, 2 4 , 104, 338 commune movement (1960s), 141—44, 152, 154 community supported agriculture (CSA), 153,245,257,259 conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), 267 cooking, food chain modified by, 6 corn, 32—56 botanical parts of, 86, 87 C
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by Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer · 14 Apr 2013 · 351pp · 93,982 words
issue of leadership. SEEING OUR FUTURE: CULTIVATING OUR COMMONS There is a whole landscape of emerging examples that embody these principles: the Slow Food movement; community-supported agriculture (CSA); local food; local living economies; and sustainable sourcing practices.15 Biodynamic (organic) farming is one of these examples and close to our hearts because
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on principles of transparency, inclusiveness, and fairness. Today examples of a 4.0 consumer movement are emerging everywhere: farmers’ markets, slow or local organic food, community-supported agriculture (CSA), organic-fabric clothing, eco-tourism, urban agriculture, car sharing, zero-emission cars, and renewable energy. Instead of just boycotting a product, the 4.0
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by Frank Trentmann · 1 Dec 2015 · 1,213pp · 376,284 words
radiated outwards from its original home in Northern Italy to over a hundred countries. From New Mexico to New England, America is now peppered with community-supported agriculture (CSA) groups. Unknown in England before 1997, today, over five hundred farmers’ markets set up their stalls, week after week. Urban gardens in Paris and
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like to stress the potential of local food networks. It is equally important to recognize the limits of people’s commitment. In the United States, Community Supported Agriculture initiatives have found it difficult to survive once the enthusiasm of the first harvest is over. For many members, a CSA is little more than
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Relations’, at 155. 66. De la Pradelle, Market Day in Provence, 111–13. 67. Lois Stanford, ‘The Role of Ideology in New Mexico’s CSA (Community-supported Agriculture)’, in: Wilk, ed., Fast Food/Slow Food: The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System, ch. 12. 68. Quoted from Manuel Gamio, The Mexican Immigrant
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China 397–8; communist elite 294–5; Communist Party of China 372, 374, 376, 386–7, 394, 398; French 307; and waste 331, 644–6 community-supported agriculture (CSA) 580, 588 commuting/commuters 14, 200, 340, 454, 457, 685, 686 Compagnie Parisienne de l’Air Comprimé 183 company leisure activities 525–36; mobility
The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
by David C. Korten · 1 Jan 2001
source of technological innovation.5 They include businesses of all sorts, from bookstores to bakeries, land trusts, manufacturing facilities, software developers, organic farms, farmers’ markets, community-supported agriculture initiatives, restaurants specializing in locally grown organic produce, worker co-ops, community banks, suppliers of fair-traded coffee, independent media outlets, and many more. POLITICAL
Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto
by Stewart Brand · 15 Mar 2009 · 422pp · 113,525 words
(and risks) of a farm and in return get weekly delivery or pickup of great food. By eliminating middlemen, the subscription approach, also known as community-supported agriculture, means more money and better cash flow for the farmer and better prices for the consumer. • To anticipate how biotech plus organic might play out
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coccolithophores Cochran, Gregory coevolution CoEvolution Quarterly cogeneration Cohen, Joel Collapse (Diamond) combined heat and power (CHP) Commoner, Barry Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australian community-supported agriculture confirmation bias Congress, U.S. nuclear power and Conservation Conservation Foundation Conservation Pledge Constant Battles (LeBlanc and Register) Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research contract
The Locavore's Dilemma
by Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shimizu · 29 May 2012 · 329pp · 85,471 words
up a stall. I should concentrate on marketing directly to consumers, including computing the food miles I have to travel to reach that market. Perhaps Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) would be just the thing—I’ll arrive on your front porch once a month, with corn, soybeans, and maybe even a geranium or
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chefs one better by ordering items in advance and selling them to high-end restaurants and markets across the country.23 Even more problematic are community-supported agriculture (CSA) initiatives.24 In such schemes, farmers who grow food and a group of individuals who decide to support them agree on advanced purchases of
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of one fifth of the British car fleet during this time period.37 We have already documented in chapter 2 how locavore initiatives such as Community Supported Agriculture result in more waste of fresh produce than is the case when people shop at supermarkets. Another misconception promoted by activists is that the absence
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kind of criticism we raise for CSA initiatives. 25 Patti Ghezzi. 2009. “The Tasty Advantages of Community Supported Agriculture.” Divine Caroline http://www.divinecaroline.com/22145/70730-tasty-advantages-community-supported-agriculture. 26 Lynda Altman. 2001. “Pros and Cons of Community Supported Agriculture. CSAs are not for everyone” Associate Content from Yahoo.com (February 15) http://www.associatedcontent.com
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/article/7734092/pros_and_cons_of_consumer_supported.html?cat=6 . 27 Adapted from the Tucson Community Supported Agriculture initiative website http://www.tucsoncsa.org/about/why-you-should-join/. 28 Gary Blumenthal. 2011. “Creating False Markets.” World Perspectives, Inc. (February), p. 1. 29
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insect native to the Rocky Mountains which had previously thrived on the leaves of local wild plants. 3 Software specifically designed to help manage organic Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) schemes have long been part of the food activist’s toolkit while a new “locavore” iPhone application had become available as we were beginning
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service cooperatives Agriculture cities and productivity of high-yield history of invention of modern Native American contributions to no-till profitability of supplies See also Community-supported agriculture; Subsistence agriculture Ahlgrimm, Franz Air freight Alcohol(table) Alcott, Bronson Allied Blockade Altman, Lynda Alwang, Jeffrey American Dutch Utopia American Farmland Trust Animal by-products
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) Collingwood, Henry W. Collinsville, Illinois Columbian exchange Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus Commodities boards nonedible agricultural sold in London(table) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Communication technologies Community-supported agriculture (CSA) pitfalls of Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) Condiments(table) Consistency Consumer behavior poor producer-, relationship standards of living and transportation Consumption energy European substitutions
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welfare Countermeasures, Agricultural Crago, Linda Critser, Greg Cronon, William Crop diversification failures staple American See also specific crop types Cropland Crunchy Cons (Dreher) CSA. See Community-supported agriculture Danish bacon Davis, Mark Deficiencies Deforestation DEFRA. See Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DeGregori, Thomas R. Demand Denmark consumption per capita during World
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