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The Blue Ridge farm book: A series of farm profiles from Northwestern North Carolina/
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture is dedicated to strengthening the High Country's local food system by supporting women and their families with resources, education, and skills related to sustainable food and agriculture. Our vision is to build an equitable local food system that protects the environment, strengthens the local economy, alleviates hunger and poverty, and improves community health.
Subjects: Community-supported agriculture.; Sustainable agriculture.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The CSA cookbook : no-waste recipes for cooking your way through a community supported agriculture box, farmers' market, or backyard bounty / by Ly, Linda,1980-author.(CARDINAL)621571;
The CSA Cookbook will help you cook your way through a CSA box (or farmers' market or backyard bounty) with 105 seasonal recipes that utilize every edible part of the plant, from leaves and flowers to stems and seeds. Think of it as a nose-to-tail approach—for vegetables!
Subjects: Cooking (Vegetables); Community-supported agriculture.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The urban garden : how one community turned idle land into a garden city and how you can, too / by Smith, Jeremy N.,author.;
Fifteen people-plus a class of first graders-tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community . . . and how they can change yours, too.
Subjects: Community gardens; Community-supported agriculture;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Growing a garden city : how farmers, first graders, counselors, troubled teens, foodies, a homeless shelter chef, single mothers, and more are transforming themselves and their neighborhoods through the intersection of local agriculture and community--and how you can, too / by Smith, Jeremy N.(CARDINAL)589508;
"'How It Works' sections are based on and incorporate material originally prepared by Garden City Harvest."--T.p. verso. McKibben, Bill Harder, Chad. Jannotta, Sepp
Subjects: Community-supported agriculture; Community gardens;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The locavore way : discover and enjoy the pleasures of locally grown food / by Cotler, Amy.(CARDINAL)388243;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Step one: learn the path of the locavore -- Step two: shop locally -- Step three: learn to eat simply and seasonally -- Step four: activate!This friendly guide to eating locally gives readers all the information they need to buy, cook, and eat close to home. Cotler covers all the basics: why eat locally, where to find local foods, how to eat locally on a budget, what questions to ask at the farmers' market, and even how to grow one's own food.
Subjects: Community-supported agriculture.; Farmers' markets.; Food supply; Grocery shopping.; Local foods.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Sharing the harvest : a citizen's guide to Community Supported Agriculture / by Henderson, Elizabeth,1943-(CARDINAL)654434; Van En, Robyn.(CARDINAL)657814;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-294) and index.What is Community Supported Agriculture? -- CSA and the global supermarket -- Creating a CSA -- Choosing a farm or farmer -- The land -- Nurturing a solid core group -- Labor -- Sharers on the farm -- Money matters for CSAs -- Legalities -- To certify or not to certify? -- Community and communications -- Growing the food -- Handling the harvest -- Distributing the harvest -- The weekly share -- Combining CSA with other markets -- Regional networking for farm-based development economics -- Multifarm CSAs -- Matching biodiversity with social diversity -- Agriculture supported communities -- CSA around the world -- CSAs that quit.
Subjects: Collective farms; Community gardens; Agriculture, Cooperative; Farm produce; Agriculture;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Finding Turtle Farm : my twenty-acre adventure in community-supported agriculture / by Tedesco, Angela,1948-Author(DLC)n 2022002200;
"On a twenty-acre farm in Iowa in 1995, Angela Tedesco planted the seeds of Turtle Farm, introducing Community Supported Agriculture to Iowa. In Finding Turtle Farm, Tedesco recounts this adventure in all its down-and-dirty work and wonder, from plan and plot to harvest, in an ultimately hopeful account of what it means to meet the most basic of human needs"--.
Subjects: Farms; Farm management; Sustainable agriculture;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The real dirt on farmer John [videorecording] / by Siegel, Taggart,film director,film producer,composer.; Collective Eye (Organization); Gaiam Media.(CARDINAL)849002; Independent Television Service.(CARDINAL)219292;
Director of photography, Mark Orton; original music score, Taggart Siegel; music, Dirty Three; editor, Greg Snider.Narrator: John Peterson.The award-winning true story of third-generation American farmer John Peterson's hero's journey of success, tribulation, failure and rebirth. He's not only a farmer, he's an artist too.Rating: Not rated.DVD ; Dolby digital stereo.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Peterson, John, 1949-; Community-supported agriculture; Counterculture; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Farmers; Organic farming;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Selling local : why local food movements matter / by Robinson, Jennifer Meta,1962-author.(CARDINAL)482334; Farmer, James R.(James Robert),author.(CARDINAL)630677;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Why local and why now? -- Understanding farmers' markets -- Understanding community-supported agriculture -- What's next in local food? -- Growing capacity -- A systems approach to local food.
Subjects: Local foods; Farmers' markets; Community-supported agriculture;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Locavore Way / by Cotler, Amy.(CARDINAL)388243;
Step one: learn the path of the locavore -- Step two: shop locally -- Step three: learn to eat simply and seasonally -- Step four: activate!
Subjects: Food supply; Local foods; Community-supported agriculture; Farmers' markets; Grocery shopping;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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