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Missouri Department of Agriculture

Ag Business Development

Community-Supported Agriculture

Resources:

• Missouri Food Circles Networking Project (University of Missouri Outreach/Extension)
• Community Supported Agriculture program includes definitions and resources (Alternative Farming Systems Information Center of the USDA National Agricultural Library)
• “New markets for producers: selling to retail stores” (Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, University of Wisconsin)
• “Managing a CSA farm 1: production, labor, and land” (Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, University of Wisconsin)
• “Managing a CSA farm 2: community, economics, marketing, and training” (Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, University of Wisconsin)
• Robyn Van En Center for CSA Resources
• “Eight Tips from Experts to Make Your Community Shared Agriculture Project a Success” (Cognition-The Voice of Canadian Organic Growers)
• “Community Supported Agriculture” (Missouri Alternatives Center)
• “Marketing Strategies for Vegetable Growers” (University of Florida)
• A Guide to Marketing Organic Produce (Texas A&M)
• “Marketing Options for Commercial Vegetable Growers” (pdf) (University of Kentucky)

Associations and Organizations:

• Missouri Vegetable Growers Association, (826) 632-1350
• Missouri Small Fruit Growers Association, (573) 627-3717

Examples of Community Supported Agriculture:

• Prairieland Community Supported Agriculture
• House-in-the-Woods CSA Farm

Missouri Contacts to Assist You with Community Supported Agriculture:

• Horticulture Specialist, Ag Business Development, (573) 751-3394
• Mary Hendrickson, Missouri Food Circles Networking Project,
  (573) 882-7463