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CSA vision statements



Greetings to the circle,
In light of the dawning New Year (and the looming millennium), I felt it
would be good to initiate a thread on CSA vision statements.

It would be great to read a whole thread of the different vision statements
of various CSAs ­ and that thread would create a valuable file for the
CSA-listıs archive.

So to start 1999 off, here are two examples, drawn from Appendix A of "Farms
of Tomorrow Revisited."  


Spring Hill Community Farm in Prairie Farm, Wisconsin had its first CSA
season in 1992.  During the winter of 1992-93 they developed this statement:
"The mission of Spring Hill Community Farm is to bring people and land
together in a practical, enduring, life-giving community. We do this by
growing and distributing food in a way that is just and sustainable; that
helps us develop skills and knowledge of land and community stewardship; and
that connects rural and urban people to the land and each other in a way
that celebrates life and harmony with the earth."

Four Eagles Garden in Ashland, Oregon had a one-sentence mission statement: 
"Helping each other to live in a good way and ensure a future of healthy
land, water, and food."


I look forward to reading about other visions ­ and hearing about how they
may change over time.

Happy 1999, 
Steven McFadden
Parkton, MD 


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