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Project Overview

FNE04-514
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 2004: $9,210.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2007
Region: Northeast
State: New Hampshire
Project Leader:
Scott Franzblau

A Book on Why and How to Run Cooperative CSA

View the project final report

Annual Reports

  • 2006 annual report

Information Products

Local Harvest: A Multifarm CSA Handbook (Book/Handbook)

Commodities

Not commodity specific

Practices

  • Education and Training: farmer to farmer
  • Farm Business Management: whole farm planning, new enterprise development, community-supported agriculture, cooperatives, budgets/cost and returns, marketing management
  • Sustainable Communities: new business opportunities, social capital, social networks

Proposal summary:

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) operations have evolved in response to the successes and failures of single-farm CSAs. This project will document how the Local Harvest CSA in New Hampshire and cooperative CSAs elsewhere are organized and operated. Outreach will be through the publication of this book and presentations.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.

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