Management of Community Supported Agriculture
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 May 2019) | Viewed by 44079
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food systems; applied consumer behavior; local and regional food; public health; behavioral change; community development; direct to consumer food distribution; farm to school; conmunity supported agriculture
Interests: local food systems; sustainable diets; social determinant of health; public health; policy and systems change; community and economic development; social enterprise; direct to consumer food distribution
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past several decades, researchers across multiple disciplines have characterized a strong community food system as one that is locally/regionally based, ecologically sustainable, affordable for consumers, economically viable for producers, and beneficial to both public health and community cohesion. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is one model of direct-to-consumer sales strategies that has taken root in the United States. Yet, like other market models, CSAs have had to adapt to a changing landscape in response to market saturation, evolution of consumer preferences, farmer costs versus market prices, and the emergence of values-based business models. This Special Issue focuses on the farmer side of the CSA equation, although consumer attitudes and behaviors can never be ignored in the discussion of the management of any enterprise.
Prof. Dr. Jane Kolodinsky
Ms. Marilyn Sitaker
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- community supported agriculture
- shortened value chains
- food distribution
- management
- local and regional food systems
- relationship marketing
- entrepreneurship
- innovation
- small- and medium scale growers
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