From Farm to Table Blog Post

Check out this illustrated blog post about supporting farmers by cutting out the middle man! Read the blog here:  
http://www.fix.com/blog/farm-to-table/

CSA Farmer Profile: Live Power Community Farm

Live Power Community Farm

Covelo, CA

http://www.livepower.org/

Involved Consumers. Dedicated Farmers.

Live Power is an organic, biodynamic, diversified, farm that is powered by photovoltaics and draft horses. On this busy farm, the resounding theme is one of balance between practicality and spirituality. “The farm is a vast and constant interchange; a realm of sharing, giving, and serving. As farmers we become conscious participants in this exchange.” Stephen and Gloria Decater have been farming in the Round Valley region of Mendocino County, just outside of Covelo, since 1973. 

Since 1988 Live Power has served a community of members/co-producers, making it one of the first CSAs in the United States. The program continues to thrive, currently feeding over 200 families from the Bay Area and Mendocino. The seasonal farm shares span May-November, and come in bushel or half-bushel quantities. In true “community farm” spirit, members are invited to help unload the CSA deliveries and organize the shares. Member involvement is important to the Decaters, stating “We believe that a community-based (rather than market-based) farm has the greatest potential to create a new, more conscious awareness of our food/economic system and is the key to the future.”

Local 6^th – 10^th grade students attend school visits to the farm, where they are taught hands-on skills and invited to connect with their food system. David Martinez reminisces about his experiences visiting Live Power as a child, “The warm care of the earth combined with a vibrant practicality makes the Live Power experience a rare and valuable gift that I hold close.” 

Can CSA and Farmer's Markets meet Farm and Food Security, simultaneously?

 Can alternative food institutions (AFIs) juggle the dual goals of farm security and food security? 

Does the CSA model attract more affluent consumers...and why?

Are farmer's market spaces coded to exclude low-income consumers? 

Read more in this in-depth survey of farmer's market and CSA managers....

http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/97h8t56g

Farm to Cubicle: a story of workplace CSAs, from Civil Eats

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Fo - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.2LBrEgrd.dpuf

 Those hard to fold, but oh-so sturdy, cardboard CSA boxes are quickly replacing the pink, grease spotted, doughnut boxes in office break rooms all over the nation. 

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Fo - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.2LBrEgrd.dpuf

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Fo - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.2LBrEgrd.dpuf

 

It's not just hospitals with nutrition programs for their employees or yoga studios and gyms that are hosting CSA drop sites...

 A shelving unit company out of Wisconsin recently partnered with a local farm to receive CSA deliveries at the office. As Civil Eats writer, Lori Rotenberk, points out "a food culture blossoms when workers have a reason to talk about recipes or trade produce." Read the full article from Civil Eats here:

a food culture blossoms when workers have a reason to talk about recipes or trade produce. - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.2LBrEgrd.dpRead the full article from Civil Eats here: 

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche,” says Garrett. “But by going into the workplace we’re able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonalds, and may not have thought about healthy diets.” - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.QPzhHyJw.dpuf

 http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/

It might not be long before the office gossip is flooded with zucchini recipes. 


 "CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche. But by going into the workplace we are able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonald's, and may not have thought about healthy diets", says Julie Garrett, of Madison's FairShare Coalition.

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche,” says Garrett. “But by going into the workplace we’re able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonalds, and may not have thought about healthy diets.” - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.QPzhHyJw.dpuf

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche,” says Garrett. “But by going into the workplace we’re able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonalds, and may not have thought about healthy diets.” - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.QPzhHyJw.dpuf

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche,” says Garrett. “But by going into the workplace we’re able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonalds, and may not have thought about healthy diets.” - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.QPzhHyJw.dpuf

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche,” says Garrett. “But by going into the workplace we’re able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonalds, and may not have thought about healthy diets.” - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.QPzhHyJw.dpuf

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche,” says Garrett. “But by going into the workplace we’re able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonalds, and may not have thought about healthy diets.” - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.QPzhHyJw.dpuf

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche,” says Garrett. “But by going into the workplace we’re able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonalds, and may not have thought about healthy diets.” - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.QPzhHyJw.dpuf

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche,” says Garrett. “But by going into the workplace we’re able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonalds, and may not have thought about healthy diets.” - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.QPzhHyJw.dpuf

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche,” says Garrett. “But by going into the workplace we’re able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonalds, and may not have thought about healthy diets.” - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.QPzhHyJw.dpuf

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche,” says Garrett. “But by going into the workplace we’re able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonalds, and may not have thought about healthy diets.” - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.QPzhHyJw.dpuf

“CSAs were once for country granola people, Whole Foods types, an elite niche,” says Garrett. “But by going into the workplace we’re able to reach more mainstream people who eat processed food, go to McDonalds, and may not have thought about healthy diets.” - See more at: http://civileats.com/2014/07/23/farm-to-cubicle-workplace-csas-deliver-healthy-eats-to-the-office-set/#sthash.QPzhHyJw.dpuf