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Available Resources (62)
Jun 18, 2021
CSA Renewals Promotional Package - 2021
Author: CSA Innovation Network
A collection of social media & print marketing graphics to help you launch a successful early-bird CSA sign-up campaign. Use these materials as templates to promote early CSA membership renewals to yo...
Apr 27, 2021
What Should Be Included in a Good CSA Membership Agreement?
Author: University of Maryland; Dept of Agriculture and Resource Economics
An overview of what to put into a CSA Handbook or Member Agreement. Includes a fill-in-the-blank template.
Apr 22, 2021
Info card -- keeping yoru veggies fresh
Author: Portland Area CSA Coalition
Info card that can be printed for farmers to give to their members that describes storage techniques for common CSA vegetables.
Apr 21, 2021
Veggie Fact Sheets
Author: Farmer Foodshare
A list of common CSA vegetables and fruits with storage tips, seasonality, nutritional facts, and recipe ideas.
Apr 19, 2021
"Using SNAP Benefits for CSA" Podcast
Author: My Digital Farmer with Megan Larmer and Michelle Hughes
Food access is a real issue when it comes to CSA programs. Today’s guests on the show share a pilot project called “CSA is a SNAP” that they recently implemented in 2020 in the Hudson Valley Coalition...
Apr 19, 2021
Compartiendo la Cosecha
Author: Elizabeth Henderson
Compartir la cosecha: Una guía ciudadana para la Agricultura Apoyada por la Comunidad
por Elizabeth Henderson y Robyn Van En, Prólogo de Joan Dye Gussow
Apr 19, 2021
Consume Something Awesome
Author: Glynwood/Hudson Valley CSA Coalition
This CSA 'Zine and series of 50 Vegetable Information Cards provide recipes, storage tips and tricks, and more for you and your CSA members to peruse! Link to them in your CSA newsletter and send to y...
Apr 15, 2021
Secrets of CSA Success
Author: Modern Farmer
Basic tips for cultivating a successful CSA program.
May 24, 2021
Hojas Informativas de Verduras
Author: Farmer Foodshare
Una lista de frutas y verduras comunes de CSA con consejos de almacenamiento, estacionalidad, información nutricional e ideas de recetas.
Apr 22, 2021
How to store your vegetables to keep them fresh and safe -- for farmers to distribute with their CSA shares
Author: Zenger Farm
A printable document for farmers to print and distribute at the beginning of the season to their members get the most out of their shares.
Apr 22, 2021
The CSA Farmer’s Nationwide Guide to Accepting SNAP/EBT Payments
Author: Bryan Allen/Zenger Farm
Clearly walks the reader through the steps necessary to accept SNAP EBT payments for their CSA shares.
Apr 19, 2021
"CSA Member Retention" Video
Author: FairShare CSA Coalition
A collection of short interviews featuring CSA members, old and new, who share what will keep them returning to CSA even after the covid-19 pandemic!
Apr 19, 2021
Guia para comenzar una CSA multigranja
Author: Asta Schuette y Matthew Himmel
En esta guía aprenderá sobre cómo planear los cultivos & acciones para una CSA, cómo trabajar con varios granjeros y granjas, y cómo escribir boletines informativos y encuestas.
Apr 19, 2021
Consume Sabor Abundante
Author: Glynwood/Hudson Valley CSA Coalition
¡Esta revista de CSA y la serie de 50 tarjetas de información sobre vegetales ofrecen recetas, consejos y trucos de almacenamiento, y más para que usted y sus miembros de CSA puedan leer detenidamente...
Apr 15, 2021
CSA: New Models for Changing Markets
Author: USDA, Timothy Woods
This study proposed to identify the trends in CSA business model adaptation including changes in product innovation and profitability drivers as the CSA marketing model evolves to address emerging con...