Why Join a CSA?
Below is #9 from ten reasons in a Healthy Food for All web page, good enough reason all by itself. Check their site for the other nine!
9. Ecological Stewardship
Did you know that the average conventional bite of food travels 1,500 miles? Or that only 10% of the amount of fossil fuel energy used in the world’s food system is for producing food; the other 90% goes into packaging, transporting and marketing? Or that 97% of fruit and vegetable varieties have become unavailable commercially and replaced by only a few uniform varieties since the turn of the 20th century? Industrial agriculture was designed to produce mass quantities of limited types of food cheaply, but now we are learning the real costs and unsustainability of this system. Community Supported Agriculture offers an environmentally friendly option by reducing food miles, maintaining biodiversity and practicing farming techniques that will keep the land fertile for generations. Thankfully our local CSA farms grow lots of great things right here, so look no further! Decrease your carbon footprint- become a CSA member!
The other nine headings from Healthy Food:
1. Know Where Your Food Comes From
2. Support the Economic Democracy of Small Farming
3. Save Money
4. More Selection
5. Better Flavor
6. Have fun!
7. Grow Your Local Economy
8. Put the Culture Back into Food
10. CSAs are healthy for you, your community and your environment!
9. Ecological Stewardship
Did you know that the average conventional bite of food travels 1,500 miles? Or that only 10% of the amount of fossil fuel energy used in the world’s food system is for producing food; the other 90% goes into packaging, transporting and marketing? Or that 97% of fruit and vegetable varieties have become unavailable commercially and replaced by only a few uniform varieties since the turn of the 20th century? Industrial agriculture was designed to produce mass quantities of limited types of food cheaply, but now we are learning the real costs and unsustainability of this system. Community Supported Agriculture offers an environmentally friendly option by reducing food miles, maintaining biodiversity and practicing farming techniques that will keep the land fertile for generations. Thankfully our local CSA farms grow lots of great things right here, so look no further! Decrease your carbon footprint- become a CSA member!
The other nine headings from Healthy Food:
1. Know Where Your Food Comes From
2. Support the Economic Democracy of Small Farming
3. Save Money
4. More Selection
5. Better Flavor
6. Have fun!
7. Grow Your Local Economy
8. Put the Culture Back into Food
10. CSAs are healthy for you, your community and your environment!