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Community shared agriculture study report : final report

Description

Community supported agriculture (CSA) is a direct marketing channel by which farmers sell shares or subscriptions for farm products to consumers. This study was tasked with surveying CSA operations in Alberta to compare the business models, pricing structure and performance of CSA operations, including detailed information about membership turnover, reasons for growth, marketing and production risk, business longevity, and market diversification.

Updated

December 1, 2013

Tags
CSA Growing Forward partnership community shared agriculture community supported agriculture

Title and publication information

Type
Report
Extent

93 pages

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture and Rural Development (2008-2015)

Contributor

Frick, Brenda

Contributor

Vitins, Gunta

Contributor

Eisen, Rochelle

Subject Information

Topic
Agriculture

Resource Dates

Date Created

2013-12-01

Date Added

2019-05-03T18:09:17.577263

Date Modified

2013-12-01

Date Issued

2013-12-01

Audience information

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Usage / Licence

Usage Considerations

Initiated by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, funding for this project was provided through Growing Forward 2, a federal‐provincial‐territorial initiative. The study was conducted by Brenda Frick, Rochelle Eisen and Gunta Vitins, partners in Resilient Solutions Consulting.

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