Farms of Tomorrow: Communities Supporting Farms, Farms Supporting Communities

by Trauger Groh, Steven McFadden

In this book, the authors weave together an exploration of the simple, yet elegant theory of CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), and examples of over seven farms and communities that have embraced this approach. The book offers profound insight into the conditions that make CSAs such a positive and hope-filled alternative as we enter the 1990s. It also includes lists of resources and contacts so readers who are interested can initiate CSAs in their own communities.

Genres: Health, Nutrition, Agriculture

169 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1990

About the author

Trauger Groh studied extensively the concepts of biodynamic farming and produce community co-op programs in Northern Germany and brought his ideas here to the United States, likewise contributing to the founding of Community Supported Agriculture. In 1985, there started another 'first' CSA farm, Temple-Wilton Community Farm, located in Southern New Hampshire, following inspirations and experiences gained in Europe by Trauger Groh, Anthony Graham and Lincoln Geiger.

from http://www.wilson.edu/wilson/asp/cont...

Reviews

[Steven McFadden]

Farms of Tomorrow, which I had the opportunity to coauthor with Trauger Groh, helped spark the growth and development of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement. In 1998, eight years after the first book, we collaborated again to author Farms of Tomorrow Revisited.

Now, following along this agrarian trajectory, in the summer of 2019 I will publish a new book, Deep Agroecology: Farms, Food, and Our Future.

more to come...

[Signe]

Indispensable for the community agriculturist.

[Victor]

Excellent, deliberative, and collaborative work on the origins, aims and evolving nature of Community Supported Agriculture; including skillful, at times even lyrical, first-hand accounts from active farms engaged in this model of food production and land stewardship.

[Dan]

A bunch of essays on CSA's and the movement around them. This really helped me to understand the CSA concept and how different farms approach it.

[Paula]

great backgrounder for CSA starters and non-farmers alike. i like the contextual essays in the beginning, and the sample CSA lit (brochures, budgets) were helpful.

[Cassie Collins]

A thought-provoking take on potential solutions to fixing what is broken in our current agricultural system.