Episode Number
97
Episode Show Notes / Description
In this week's podcast we talk with Local Foods and Small Farms Educator Nick Frillman about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Nick shares a lot of great information about what CSA is, how it works, and how to get involved in one.
2:51 Welcome Nick Frillman
3:11 What does CSA stand for?
4:19 What does community supported agriculture mean?
7:12 How are you so familiar with CSA already?
9:05 What are “shares” in a CSA system?
12:21 What products can you get in a CSA?
14:03 What vegetables do you get when? Can you choose what you get? Are there bigger or small size shares that you can get?
22:14 About how much is a vegetable CSA membership cost per week? How is the CSA cost billed? Why is it billed that way?
28: 05 How come there aren’t more winter CSAs?
34:12 What if you don’t use it all? How do you use it all? Or do you?
40:11 Can I choose what I get for produce or should I just stick to going to the farmers market?
44: 32 Why should someone consider a CSA for 2022?
45: 55 How do I find a CSA near me?
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