Resources

Having grown from a handful in the mid-1980′s to over 1,200 today, CSAs have grown not only in size, but sophistication. Farming practices, distribution systems and community organizing are all components of CSA operations. From small farms to universities, resources have been developed to help the CSA model grow and sustain itself.

Websites – Local

• Growing Growers
• Kansas City Food Circle
• Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture
• University of Missouri Extension
• Kansas State University Extension
• Lincoln University Cooperative Extension
• Powell Gardens (and their blog, too)
• Kansas City Community Gardens

Websites – Regional

• Madison Area CSA Coalition (MACSAC)
• Community Supported Agriculture in Michigan
• Practical Farmers of Iowa (and their blog, too)

Websites – National

• Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
• Robyn Van En Center
• Biodynamics.com
• The Greenhorns (and their blog, too)

Blogs

• Greeley Gardens blog (Warren Kittler; KCCSAC member CSA)
• Fair Share Farm blog (Tom Ruggieri & Rebecca Graff; KCCSAC member CSA)
• Platte Prairie Farms – In Your Yard CSA (Steve Mann; KCCSAC member CSA)
• Everything Begins With an E (Emily Akins; KCMO)
• Reports from the Farm (Natalya Lowther, Pinwheel Farm; Lawrence, KS)
• Casaubon’s Book (Sharon Astyk)
• Food Politics (Marion Nestle)
• Crunchy Chicken (Deanna Duke; Seattle, WA)
• Cold Antler Farm (Jenna Woginrich; upstate New York)
• City Farmer News
• Ghost Town Farm and LaBrie Family Farm (Novella Carpenter; Oakland, CA)
• Ciao Samin (Samin Nosrat; San Francisco, CA)
• Serious Eats
• Accidental Hedonist
• Garden Rant
• Eat. Drink. Better.
• The Expatriates Kitchen
• The Ethicurean

Books and Publications

Sharing the Harvest: Revised and Expanded

by Elizabeth Henderson with Robyn Van En. Chelsea
Green, 2007

Local Harvest: A Multifarm CSA Handbook

by Jill Perry, Scott Franzblau.  SARE, 2010