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Re: CSA

In article <georgek-0306970756520001@ts28.tidepool.com> georgek@tidepool.com (george k) writes:
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>From: georgek@tidepool.com (george k)
>Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
>Subject: CSA
>Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 07:56:51 -0700
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>Community Supported Agriculture;
>This is a service whereby a farmer joins with the comsumer and agrees to
>produce a certain quantity of food on a certain schedule and the buyer
>pays ahead of time. It works.

It does, I spent the last few months working at a CSA organic garden.  They 
have 54 shareholders, who each come and pick a bag of fresh produce and 
flowers each week.  It is wonderfull!!!!!
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