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CSAs and Social Justice
Anyone have a response for this fellow? Send it to me and I will forward
it to the other listserve...
Thanks!
Jeanne
>Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 16:33:29 -0400
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>To: NE community food systems <nefood-l@sardonyx.tufts.edu>
>Subject: CSAs and Social Justice
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>Our organizations has developed a community supported agriculture (CSA)
>farm that produces half of its food for and with low income
>organizations from Hartford and half of its food for middle and upper
>income households from suburban towns. I am looking for information
>about CSAs that have developed a process to include lower income
>households (nonvoluntary poor) as members. Specifically, I would like
>to know:
> * By what means has this been accomplished, e.g. reduced price
>shares, "work shares", soliciting donations to pay for or subsidize
>shares
> * Approximately what percentage of the CSAs membership receive
>some form of assistance or otherwise benefit from the CSA. In other
>words, how big or small a part of the CSA's orientation are social
>justice concerns.
> * What other ways has the CSA assisted low income communities.
>e.g. donating food regularly to food banks
>
>I'm interested in both successes and failures. I would also appreciate
>any other comments that shed light on how closely the CSA movement is
>linked to social justice concerns. These comments could address both
>practical as well as philosophical issues.
>
>Thanks so much,
>
>Mark Winne
>Hartford Food System
>509 Wethersfield Ave.
>Hartford, CT 06114
>860 296 9325
>
Jeanne A. Nye
VABF Project Coordinator
BuyGreen Virginia Partnership
1715 Blair Street
Christiansburg VA 24073
540 633-6633 w & fax
540 633-0089 h
Buygreen@buygreen.org
<http://www.vvac.org/bgvp/>