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Major Nikon

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1. I can see it going either way

Reply to KurtNYC (Original post)

Wed Apr 2, 2014, 09:50 AM

Apr 2014

On one hand it makes things more efficient and cheaper for the farmer. On the other it appears to move away from the CSA model in favor of a co-op, which is certainly nothing new, but it locks the grower into a group that seems to be far less flexible.

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Emerging trend for CSAs -- the All Star CSA [View all] KurtNYC Apr 2014 OP

I can see it going either way Major Nikon Apr 2014 #1

One version of this is mini-CSAs that do only medicinal herbs or just chicken and eggs KurtNYC Apr 2014 #2