The Impact of Community Supported Agriculture This research evaluates the impact of CSA. A very readable report which provides clear evidence that CSA is providing multiple benefits to thousands of members, their communities, the local economies and the environment. Published by the Soil Association in 2011. |
CSA Feasibility study [pdf, 650 kb] This study from 2001 was the first to explore the potential of CSA in the UK in terms of farm diversification and community development. This Soil Association study investigated a range of CSA initiatives from around the world and concentrated on eleven case studies. |
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Making Local Food Work: influencing consumer buying behaviour [pdf, 1.2 mb] Local food can revitalise neighbourhoods and villages, support a thriving farming sector and, in the best cases, cut our environmental footprint. Almost a third of UK shoppers say they buy local food. Yet they do not buy much: only a couple of percent of food is sold locally. This report is about how to close that gap by selling more local food through community enterprises, which are best-placed to generate the public dividends that local food can offer. |
Food from the urban fringe: issues and opportunities [pdf, 3.7 mb] In the rural edges around towns and cities, pressures on land use are complicated – farming, housing and development are vying for the same critical locations. The following research was commissioned to identify the particular issues and opportunities facing social enterprises and small food businesses in the urban fringe – the land surrounding towns and cities. A report from Making Local Food Work |
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An analysis of 7 trading CSA projects [pdf, 385kb] This paper offers an analysis of seven trading CSA enterprises. The analysis explores the particular as well as the generic factors which influence the development of CSA in the country at the moment. We set the circumstances of each enterprise against a series of attributes which we consider as characteristic of CSA. |