CSA (community supported agriculture)
The definition: According to Merriam-Webster, community-supported agriculture, or CSA, is a ”system in which a farm is supported by local consumers who purchase prepaid shares in the farm’s output which they receive periodically throughout the growing season.”
Dazmonique Carr of Deeply Rooted Produce
Dazmonique Carr is the co-founder of Detroit’s Deeply Rooted Produce, which offers a CSA program. “We’re letting people buy into the shares of our operation, and in exchange for their money, they’ll get produce either weekly or biweekly,” she explains.
The origins: According to a 1993 excerpt from a text titled “Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): An Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide,” community supported agriculture is a relatively “new idea in farming, one that has been gaining momentum since its introduction to the United States from Europe in the mid-1980s. The