In this week's podcast we talk with Local Foods and Small Farms Educator Nick Frillman about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Nick shares a lot of great information about what CSA is, how it works, and how to get involved in one.

2:51 Welcome Nick Frillman

3:11 What does CSA stand for?

4:19 What does community supported agriculture mean?

7:12 How are you so familiar with CSA already?

9:05 What are “shares” in a CSA system?

12:21 What products can you get in a CSA?

14:03 What vegetables do you get when? Can you choose what you get? Are there bigger or small size shares that you can get?

22:14 About how much is a vegetable CSA membership cost per week? How is the CSA cost billed? Why is it billed that way?

28: 05 How come there aren’t more winter CSAs?

34:12 What if you don’t use it all? How do you use it all? Or do you?

40:11 Can I choose what I get for produce or should I just stick to going to the farmers market?

44: 32 Why should someone consider a CSA for 2022?

45: 55 How do I find a CSA near me?

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