More information about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Regenerative agriculture, local food networks and other stuff we’re interested in.
What is CSA?
https://communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/
https://www.lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/community-supported-agriculture/
https://www.soilassociation.org/farmers-growers/supporting-you/community-supported-agriculture/
How to start a CSA project:
How to grow a CSA network in the UK:
What is Regenerative agriculture?
https://regenerationinternational.org/why-regenerative-agriculture/
https://www.farmingforabetterclimate.org/soil-regenerative-agriculture-group/
Here are trailers for two recent films about Regenerative Agriculture:
Here is a 60min documentary about restoring soil health:
Other CSA projects
UK
A map of CSA projects in the UK: https://communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/find-csa/
Five Acre Farm in the Midlands:
Dragon Orchard, Sharecropping in Herefordshire:
CSA around the world
Philippines:
Funding
CSA funding: https://www.sare.org/wp-content/uploads/Guide-to-Financing-the-Community-Supported-Farm.pdf
Financial benefits of CSA https://www.actahort.org/members/showpdf?booknrarnr=524_16
Alternative economics https://www.permaculture.org.uk/practical-solutions/finance-and-economics
Organisation
How to choose what type of organisation we become? https://www.sare.org/wp-content/uploads/Guide-to-Financing-the-Community-Supported-Farm.pdf
What is a community benefit society? https://communityshares.org.uk/resources/handbook/community-benefit-societies
Other interesting things
Farming systems comparison
The Rodale Institute in the US has an ongoing 40 year old trial running side-by-side comparisons of organic and chemical grain cropping systems.
Natural sequence farming:
Community Composting
Can growers have too much information?
Could a pond make management decisions for your organisation?
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