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Hi Roy (and others),
I'm interested in the topic and tuned in to see what folks were chatting about. Not much, it appears!
Because I love cities and also want to support smaller farm operations rather than agribusiness, I'm interested in the role of CSAs in supporting urban food systems. There seems to be a lot of interest in food security in the context of peak oil and re-localization.
I'm interested in the topic and tuned in to see what folks were chatting about. Not much, it appears!
Because I love cities and also want to support smaller farm operations rather than agribusiness, I'm interested in the role of CSAs in supporting urban food systems. There seems to be a lot of interest in food security in the context of peak oil and re-localization.
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You are right that CSA is pretty well always small farm operations. You put up $100,000 and get a rail car of wheat delivered to your door every month? I don't think so.
That urban surrvival in a disaster should be connected to a CSA situation in a rural area? As I was saying in the other thread, that's pretty well the only way to go. Of course that means that the urban group must produce things that the CSA farmers need, or at least think they need. Things like manufactured goods, salvaged materials,. etc. And it does not mean that the urban folks can not produce some of their food nor the CSA people can not produce some of their needed manufactured goods. The specialization isn't absolute but it does exist.
I'm here because I look upon CSA as a first step toward self-sufficent community when circumstances are pushing everyone in that direction.
