[FIG-ALL] FW: A call to CSA

Tue Sep 23 12:41:31 PDT 2008

Hi all,

Check out the Tri-States Radio website! They have pictures of the FIG dinner, a place to post recipes, and a link to our website!  
http://www.tristatesradio.com/

Also... see the message below and attached. Thought you would be interested to see how Quincy is developing a CSA in their area.

Lisa

Subject: A call to CSA
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:31:57 -0500
From: cedgar at illinois.edu

A message from Kate Daniels to those interested in Locally
Grown food:

Interested parties are invited to join in a discussion about starting a
CSA in the Quincy
area.

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

When: Sunday,
September 28th, 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!     

Carrie

Carrie Edgar, County Director

University of
 Illinois Extension - Adams/Brown Unit

330 S. 36th St.  
Quincy, IL
 62301

217-223-8380    217-223-9368 (fax)

cedgar at illinois.edu

www.extension.uiuc.edu/adams

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