COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE: THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR FOOD LOVERS AND FARMERS ALIKE

Talk and book signing with Elizabeth Henderson
Monday, March 10, 7:30 p.m.
Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne, Portland

To an increasing number of families, the CSA (community-supported agriculture) is the answer to the globalization of our food supply.

The premise is simple: create a partnership between local farmers and nearby consumers. In exchange for paying in advance—at the beginning of the growing season, when the farm needs financing—CSA members receive the freshest, healthiest produce throughout the season and keep money, jobs, and farms in their own community.

In Sharing the Harvest, authors Elizabeth Henderson and Robyn Van En lay out the basic tenets of the CSA, provide useful information for both farmers and consumers on starting and running a successful community farm project, and describe hundreds of useful strategies that have worked (or not worked) for CSAs from Alaska to Florida.

Shari Sirkin of Dancing Roots Farm CSA will also be on hand to answer questions and get you signed up for the upcoming season.