Community Supported Agriculture for Urban Lifestyles  

Urban agriculture seems to be a hot topic lately (see last week's post on Locavores and Foodsheds) - here's WorldChanging's view.

Eat local food.

If there is one unquestionably good thing we can each do, it is to try to shorten the distance between farm and table.

Grow your own food, if you can, but many of us aren't in a situation to do much gardening, much less become self-sufficient. The next best route is community supported agriculture.

Also known as CSAs, farms which participate in community supported agriculture sell you food directly, bringing you boxes of vegitables every week in exchange for your direct financial support. Everyone wins: your local farmer gets much better prices for her produce than she'd get by selling it to a corporate middleman, and you get fresh, wholesome (often organic) veggies that you can enjoy in the warm glow of having done the right thing. And usually those boxes of food are a great value.