Sentences with phrase «of community supported agriculture»

Get organic, local produce through one of our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs, or get a plot in our Community Garden.

It was the perfect fit for Drumlin Farm, and after a few discussions, Celona, Scudder, and Novakowski came up with a school version of the community supported agriculture (CSA) model.

Not exact matches

CSA Financing Community supported agriculture, or CSA, programs were first popularized by eco-conscious foodies; they pay local farmers a lump sum at the beginning of the year in exchange for regular deliveries of produce.

CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture, rural infrastructure and rural communities.

As a reputable capital provider and land investment partner, HCI Ventures works closely with farmers and the farming community to support the sustainable growth and livelihood of agriculture in Western Canada.

Letnick's acknowledgment contradicts Core Review Minister Bill Bennett's repeated claims on legislation KELOWNA — The B.C. Liberals need to withdraw Bill 24 immediately after the new agriculture minister admitted it does not have the support of the agriculture community or...

AdFarm is committed to supporting the advancement of agriculture, building stronger rural communities and a healthy food industry.

Between these extremes lies a more humane economic order: one in which, as Röpke put it, «wealth [is] widely dispersed, genuine communities, from the family upwards, form a background of moral support for the individual, and a healthy balance [exists] between town and country, industry and agriculture.»

Most of these alternative - style farmers, who sell their products via the Internet, or at farmers» markets or through «community - supported agriculture,» are retired or work part time.

This volume attempts, mostly successfully to broaden the discussion, to build the ranks of those who would support a new agrarianism — a localized, careful, beautiful, reined - in agriculture (and forestry and fisheries) that builds dignified lives and strong communities.

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My children are trying to kill me -LCB- or eat me out of house and home, whichever comes first — they seem kind of indifferent -RCB-, people are disgustingly naked in the Summer, I purchased a Community Supported Agriculture -LCB- «CSA» -RCB- share and received my first vegetable share late last night -LCB- fruit starts next week — I know you simply can't wait -RCB-, & Casey Anthony, wearing a pink tuxedo shirt, was acquitted of all murder charges.

We get all sorts of heirloom varieties of squash from our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) * farm, and it's always an adventure trying to figure out how to cook them.

Tammi has also had the privilege to attend a variety of meetings of the global food sovereignty movement, including the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, Urgenci: the International Network for Community - Supported Agriculture, Slow Meat, the Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), Slow Food's Terra Madre, and the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) that relates to the UN Committee for World Food Security (CFS).

Onions have been a big part of my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box so far this year.

Last week in my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box I had a mysterious bag of lettuce.

I did, when I was given my basket from Big Moon Farm, the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm that I'm a member of.

Additional efforts to further the mission of Simply Organic are funded by an annual grant program called the Simply Organic Giving Fund that supports training and community projects for organic farmers where our spices are grown, as well as a variety of organizations and events that study, support and promote organic agriculture.

Fred & Virginia Miller, the owners / growers of Hill Top Farms, a Certified Organic Membership Farm in southern Wake County, practice sustainable agricultural methods by operating their version of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), you can find information about how it works and how you can join on their website:

Well, you might be familiar with CSA's, or «Community Supported Agriculture,» in which members support farmers in return for a share of their farm produce.

A laborer packs community supported agriculture (CSA) boxes full of tomatoes at J.R. Organics Farm in Escondido, California, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014.

Farmer's markets and community supported agriculture are two such examples of this supply chain.

I think potatoes and cheese are two of my favorite food groups... and I'm stoked to have new uses for all the summer squash I'm getting this year from my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture).

I have been getting tons of beautiful beets in my CSA (Community - Supported Agriculture) box this Summer.

This soup included some of the great vegetables we picked up the day before from our winter CSA (community supported agriculture).

So, I was super excited when a colleague brought in a couple of bags of «excess» produce that she had from her membership in the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture).

Around the globe, organic farmers, consumers and facilitating organizations have been developing alternative and complementary tools to third - party certification such as Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) initiatives.PGS and CSA are similar in their overall objectives of improving livelihoods of organic... more

Its features include the traditional trade show and marketplace, in which many of the types of operations that benefit from our training programs participate, and a CSA Pavilion that enables community supported agriculture farms from the Chicago foodshed to promote their businesses and attract new customers.

Kellogg also co-leads the climate - smart agriculture project of the WBCSD and supports its Statement of Ambition, which includes making 50 percent more food available and strengthening the climate resilience of food communities.

There is a need to balance the importance of community sentiment with evidence - based planning policy that supports agriculture, and AFSA would suggest that another way forward may be in the assessment of objections, rather than in limiting the right to object.

The particular focus concerned models of urban agriculture that supported livelihoods and income generation, and which enabled improved access to good food for low income communities.

What is the potential of urban agriculture to make a substantive contribution to food security and food sovereignty of the families, communities and individuals involved and / or supported by these organisations and their projects?

So while AFSA strongly supports the need to recognize agriculture as the priority activity in the Farming Zone, we see a need to offer more flexibility to enable farms to construct suitable dwellings for the rich community of workers needed to manage these systems, where those dwellings are genuinely built in support of agricultural purposes.

We believe that it is critical that government heeds changing community expectations by supporting the growth and viability of regenerative agriculture while protecting the environment and human and animal health.

In addition to the full schedule of sessions on farm production, marketing, business, and finance, conference - goers will have multiple opportunities to learn from nationally - known leaders on topics encompassing current political, ethical, and social issues, such as fixing school food, GMOs (genetically modified organisms), and the fast - growing CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) movement.

Wednesday was CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) day which meant a mini-market, games for the kids, fresh local seafood, cheese, and a sampling of delicious food made with produce from the farm.

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms sell shares of produce by the season, typically for a flat fee.

It also supports the environmental controls for the root cellar in the basement of the barn, where our root crops are stored in the winter months for sale to restaurants and our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.

One way is by becoming a member of Big River Farms Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA.

This will include working to revitalize the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market in the Bronx, which supplies a large portion of the produce for New York City's and the region's food consumption, and creating a «Share NY Food» Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that develops partnerships with farmers and residents to expand access and resources and make fresh food available to consumers in urban areas.

«I am very happy to see that Riverhead residents continue to support our rich heritage of agriculture and the preservation of our natural resources by voting for the extension of the Community Preservation Fund,» Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter said in a statement.

«These projects include the completion of the 2017 Farmland Protection Plan, with a grant from the NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets we have hired a Farm to School Marketing Coordinator to help our regions farmers sell locally produced food products to our public schools» lunch programs and with the support of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Oneida County Health Department, Oneida County Planning Department, Mohawk Valley Community College ThINCubator and the Mohawk Valley Food Policy Council we will be conducting an extensive study of the total Oneida County Food system.»

«Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County with the support of the Agriculture Economic Development Program has had a very busy and exciting year with a variety of projects to support our Agriculture Community,» said Mary Beth McEwen, Executive Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County.

Its three cities — Utica, Rome and Sherrill — and dozens of towns and villages constitute a unique community, with business and industry ranging from agriculture and low - tech family - owned enterprises to the high - tech engineers and scientists that support cutting - edge research and development ongoing at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y and the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory in Utica, N.Y.

Attendees can choose from an impressive variety of workshops that range from hands - on cooking demonstrations, learning how to compost food scraps to reduce landfill waste, conversations about getting healthier foods at bodegas and neighborhood stores, and learning about food - coops and community supported agriculture as alternatives to existing food systems.

«Investment purposes may include, but shall not be limited to, support of manufacturing, agriculture, business parks, community anchor facilities, county and local fairgrounds, advanced technology, biotechnology and biomedical facilities, and main street revitalization.»

By not being aligned with a single farm like traditional community - supported agriculture groups, Deryck said consumers get more variety and shareholders are protected from the risks of dealing with only one farm.

The residents of these communities could not support themselves using rainfall agriculture alone, so they had to intensify their agricultural practices.

Most things weren't more expensive; if you buy vegetables from a CSA, one of these community - supported agriculture farms, I think it's [got] to be [one of the] cheapest way [s] to get foods that there is in this country.

CSA means «Community Supported Agriculture» and it means that the member is essentially sharing in the yield of the farm that year.