Course Description

      This course will offer students the opportunity to learn about an increasingly popular alternative to the mainstream food economy from the inside. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms create partnerships between farmers and local community members who invest in a farm for a season or longer in exchange for benefits that may include a portion of the farm's harvest, educational resources, on-farm celebrations, and access to farmland. Students will explore the history, present incarnations, and future possibilities of community supported agriculture and its effects on both communities and farmers while working and learning at a local CSA farm.