This image shows why CSAs are so important to our communities. When we go to local supermarkets or mega food stores, we often buy food without having any idea where it came from. Rather than being attracted to the freshness and health of a product, we are attracted to the price of it. CSAs are about freshness, health, and community. When you buy a product from a local farmer's market, you are able to know exactly where that product is coming from. This images provides an excellent example of that. If you are going to buy a product from this stand, you don't have to wonder where that product is coming from. You can know that everything you are buying comes directly from Sarah Green and that everything is organic. Another important aspect of the local farmers market is that you are able to put a face to the name of the person you are buying the product from. CSAs are much more personal for both the suppliers and the consumers. All of these aspects are represented in this image. It shows why local CSAs are so appealing.
Friday, April 4, 2008
This image shows why CSAs are so important to our communities. When we go to local supermarkets or mega food stores, we often buy food without having any idea where it came from. Rather than being attracted to the freshness and health of a product, we are attracted to the price of it. CSAs are about freshness, health, and community. When you buy a product from a local farmer's market, you are able to know exactly where that product is coming from. This images provides an excellent example of that. If you are going to buy a product from this stand, you don't have to wonder where that product is coming from. You can know that everything you are buying comes directly from Sarah Green and that everything is organic. Another important aspect of the local farmers market is that you are able to put a face to the name of the person you are buying the product from. CSAs are much more personal for both the suppliers and the consumers. All of these aspects are represented in this image. It shows why local CSAs are so appealing.
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i always wonder where the food i buy in a supermarket comes from. I bet i would feel much better if i bought from a CSA affiliated person, just because i know exactly where it came from and how they grew it
It is an interesting point that it has so many benefits except for cost. I know that in my field of architecture it was hard to get people on board with sustainable design because it was not cost efficient but since it became essentially the same price and there are tax and other benefits for sustainable designs it has become a phenomenon and everyone is trying to build with sustainability in mind. Is there any way to make CSA's more affordable and if not what is the limiting factor that keeps prices high?
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