Abstract
This paper reports on the lessons learned from a project designed to connect local small-scale farmers with low-income households in the Piedmont Region of central North Carolina. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) arrangements were used to assist farmers by prepaying for fresh farm products. Building community through alternative food systems and civic agriculture underlies the project design of this CSA project. Payments to farmers were made by North Carolina’s food policy council. Selected low-income households received CSA shares of farm fresh products. Results focus on access to local, farm fresh products, changes in cooking practices of the CSA participants, as well as a sense of community established around food and food access with farmers and others as part of a social food network.
Recommended Citation
Andreatta, Susan, Misty Rhyne, and Nicole Dery. 2008. "Lessons Learned from Advocating CSAs for Low-Income and Food Insecure Households." Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 23(1): Article 6. Available at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jrss/vol23/iss1/6
Publication Date
6-30-2008
