CSA: Subscription Farming

Here's a large batch of photos from a photo story I am currently in the process of working on.

Jim Muck runs Fresh Farm, a community assissted farm in Wheatland, California. Basically what happens with a CSA (community supported agriculture) farm is pretty cool. At the beginning of summer, Jim collects dues from a large number of subscribers (around 25 or so). The subscribers pay a flat fee for a summer of fresh produce (around $250). Every week, Jim delivers a new batch of fresh produce to the subscribers. They receive whatever Jim brings them, but because Jim grows 150 different varieties of organic produce, every week is a fresh surprise. So, as long as there are subscribers, Jim's farm is guranteed to stay in business, and the subscribers are guranteed fresh produce every week. It's a really interesting way of farming; it helps the farms survive and it helps the local community to receive weekly fresh produce.

Hope you all enjoy. Cheers.