Join a CSA

Short for Community Supported Agriculture, a CSA is a member-supported farm, in which shares are paid back to members in weekly deliveries of fresh produce, flowers and sometimes eggs and dairy products. Twenty years after the first American CSA was established at Indian Line Farm in South Egremont, Mass., CSAs now number in the thousands (see “Finding Local Food”).

For a great UK example see www.StroudCommunityAgriculture.org SCA offers help to new groups and farms intersted in adopting a CSA model. More details from 0845 458 0184