Abstract Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is an alternative food marketing model in which community members subscribe to receive regular shares of a farm's harvest. Although CSA has the potential improve access fresh produce, certain features membership may prohibit low-income families from participating. A ‘cost-offset’ (CO-CSA) provides with purchasing support goal making more affordable...

In this paper, we present a comparative analysis of the extent to which indirect taxes, tariffs, and exchange rates affected relative price incentives for agricultural production in a representative sample of 15 developing countries in the 1990s. Empirical studies from the 1980s, using partial equilibrium methodologies, supported the view that policies in many developing countries imparted a ma...

Community supported agriculture (CSA) programs have recently received attention for their potential to influence food lifestyle behaviors and health outcomes. We build on and expand inquiries into the relationship between CSA participation and behavior change by presenting the results from a controlled pilot study of first-time CSA shareholders. We offered 95 first-time shareholders a $200 vouc...

This article highlights the transformative power of community-engaged research for food sovereignty through an examination reflexive interviewing and knowledge co-production with community partners. Initially, we connected urban Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm to explore farmers’ concerns regarding their export from marginalized areas city predominantly affluent neighborhoods. Our re...

If changes in the composition of the soil microbial community alter the physiological capacity of the community then such changes may have ecosystem consequences. We examined the relationships among community composition (PLFA), microbial biomass (CFDE), substrate utilization profiles (BIOLOG), lignocellulose degrading enzyme activities (b-glucosidase, cellobiohydrolase, b-xylosidase, phenol ox...

Role of expert systems in agriculture and its applications in efficient crop production and protection technologies has been reviewed and discussed in this paper. Different domains of agriculture are highlighted where expert systems can play an important role for an expert in transferring expert-driven knowledge instantly at the level of farmer‟s field. This paper explores structure of an exper...