 |
|
The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): Farmer to Limited Resoure Household Project, completed in March 2004, was funded by the Food Policy Council of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and being coordinated by Project Green Leaf.
The goal for this project was to assist small-scale growers with experience in operating Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) arrangements and limited resource households in North Carolina. This project broadened the practicality of CSAs by providing assistance for more equitable access to fresh farm products.
The Food Policy Council contributed up to
$2,000.00 to 10 CSA farms in the Piedmont region of North Carolina to
subsidize the cost of 4-6 full shares for limited resource households.
Project Green Leaf, in conjunction with members
of the Food Policy Council and other organizations, identified households
in need of assistance that were in close proximity to a farmers market
or distribution site. Shares were either delivered with the help of volunteers
from the Socity of St. Andrews or picked up by participants.
If you have further questions about
this program, or would like to start a CSA project in your community,
please contact us by phone: (336)256-1164, or email,s_andrea@uncg.edu
.
Click
here for further information about Community Supported Agriculture.