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N E W P U B L I C A T I O N N E W P U B L I C A T I O N
Community Supported Agriculture
. . . Making the Connection
a 1995 Handbook for Producers
presented by
University of California Cooperative Extension
Placer County
and Small Farm Center, UC Davis
198 pages ** binder format
Books and manuals on Community Supported Agriculture to date have focused
largely on specific farms, and have interested hundreds of growers to start
their own projects.
_Making the Connection_ pulls together the experience of many innovative
projects. While describing the diversity of CSA, this handbook for
producers also addresses common questions and concerns.
Major topics covered are:
- What is CSA?
- Developing a CSA
- Finding and keeping members
- Production for CSA
- Managing the shares
In addition to the narrative text and examples from CSA farms across the
country, _Making the Connection_ includes simple forms for use in running
CSA projects. Charts for planning production offer handy information, and
worksheets will help farmers consider their own situations.
This handbook also provides additional detail on such topics as legal issues
of CSAs, writing newsletters, and postharvest handling.
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Here's an excerpt from the Coping With Turbulent Times
newsletter, Vol.1, No. 2, which I thought some on the list
would be interested in. Please note copyright at end.
Permission granted to repost electronically through 6/1/94.
Physical Preparation
Planning for Water Supplies. Water
is a basic necessity. We're used to
turning on the faucet and having water
flow. With the many possible circum-
stances under which it wouldn't, pro-
viding for water is important - we can
last longer without food than we can
without water.
Water can be provided for through
storing water now when it is available
or through planning for alternate
sources not dependent on the city water
supply. Obviously, these ways are not
mutually exclusive - you probably want
to implement both.
Storing water. What can you store
water in? Many people have used gallon
plastic milk jugs - the handles made
them especially convenient. Some of
the currently manufactured ones may
degrade fast enough that this won't be
satisfactory now. Containers that
chlorine bleach came in can be used,
but other household product containers
shouldn't be. Two liter soft drink
bottles with screw on lids serve well
and are a handy size. Plastic buckets
with tight fitting lids are another
possibility. If you get used ones, be
sure that only foods (e.g. pickles)
have been in them before. Some people
suggest adding chlorine or iodine as
you fill the bottles. This seems
hardly necessary if you are using city
water, which is already chlorinated.
You may want to purify the water when
it's time to use it anyway (see discus-
sion of water purification below).
Your water heater holds a considera-
ble amount of water. This may be
accessible in an emergency through a
drain valve at the bottom of it. Water
in swimming pools or water beds is not
drinkable but would be usable for other
purposes. A one way valve on your
incoming water line will retain the
water in your pipes even if the water
mains are broken.
Planning for water storage. Planning
for your water storage starts with
deciding the emergencies you want to be
prepared for. This determines the
length of time your stored water must
last. An often cited rule of thumb is
to have two gallons per person per day
for the period you want to be prepared
for.
Alternate sources. It is not all
that practical for most of us to store
enough water to last for many weeks.
You need to think of alternate sources.
If your water system shut down, where
would you get water? Are there streams
or ponds nearby?. Collecting rainwater
may be possible, at least as a supple-
mentary source, depending on the regu-
larity of rainfall in your area.
The water you get from natural
sources is not likely to be pure enough
to drink. What sort of treatment or
purification process would you be able
to use for it? Boiling it for 15-20
minutes is one of the simplest forms of
treatment and will kill any dangerous
bacteria. Chlorine treatment is
another possibility. 4-5 drops of
household chlorine bleach per quart
serve as a good disinfectant. (You can
also use Halazone tablets, but they
don't store well.) Let the water stand
for 30 minutes after adding the chlo-
rine. Iodine based purification tab-
lets are available. An alternative is
to add 5-10 drops of tincture of iodine
per quart of water and let it stand 15-
30 minutes. If you are planning to use
any of the chemical treatments, you
need to keep a relatively fresh supply
of the treatment agent on hand. The
water purification tablets you bought
four or five years ago won't do the job
now. (Iodine tablets last somewhat
longer than the other kinds.)
Even after treating the water as
suggested above, filtering it and
aerating it is a good idea. There may
be contaminants that treatment won't
get rid of but a filter will. Aerat-
ing it will improve the taste. This is
done by pouring the water back and
forth between containers to mix air
back in it.
Sewage disposal. You need to consid-
Coping With Turbulent Times, Vol.1,No.2
Contents
The Economy
Economic Outlook.................p1
Being Your Own Economist/pt2......2
Our Turbulent Times
Clinton as Fascist................4
Secession.........................4
Global Warming....................4
Thinking About the Times............5
Media Bias........................5
Finances
Personal Financial Statement/pt2..5
Physical Preparation
Planning for Water Supplies.......6
Working With Others
Groups............................7
Question Box
Cashless Society?.................8
Resources
Another Newsletter................8
Book Review.......................8
Notes from the Editor...............8
Coping with Turbulent Times newsletter
is published by Individual Investors
Institute, Box 4630 SFA Sta., Nacog-
doches, TX 75961. Reynolds Griffith,
Ph.D., C.F.A., Editor. Its theme, as
may be evident from the title, is that
the times we live in bring many prob-
lems and that there are lots of things
we can do to be better prepared to meet
them. Subscriptions are $5.00 for four
issues. Single copies are $1.00 plus a
long SASE. Copyright (c) 1994 by III.
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