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Models for cost-offset community supported agriculture (CO-CSA) programs

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021
Cost-offset community supported agriculture (CO-CSA) appears to be a promising way to increase low-income households’ access and intake of fresh produce, while also helping CSA farms expand their farm business.
Marilyn Sitaker, Mackenzie McCall, Weiwei Wang, Mia Vaccaro, Jane Kolodinsky, Alice Ammerman, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Karla Hanson, Diane Smith, Rebecca Seguin-Fowler   +9 more
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Understanding consumer values of participants in a cost-offset community supported agriculture (CSA) program

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Community supported agriculture (CSA) programs offer consumers access to fresh, local foods in exchange for an upfront subscription payment. Over the past few years, this direct-to-consumer production and distribution model has become more visible to ...
Jairus Rossi, Thomas Pierce, Shuoli Zhao, Timothy Woods   +3 more
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Balancing Social Values with Economic Realities

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2020
Some farmers are offering subsidized or “cost-offset” community supported agriculture (CO-CSA) shares as a strategy to counter market saturation and improve low-income families’ access to fresh local foods.
Marilyn Sitaker, Mackenzie McCall, Emily Belarmino, Weiwei Wang, Jane Kolodinsky, Jared McGuirt , Alice Ammerman, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts , Rebecca Seguin-Fowler   +8 more
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Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviors Regarding Fruits and Vegetables among Cost-Offset Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Applicants, Purchasers, and a Comparison Sample [PDF]

Nutrients, 2019
Community-supported agriculture (CSA) participation has been associated with high fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption, which may be due to better access to FV for CSA purchasers, or to positive knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (KAB) regarding healthy eating among CSA applicants.
Hanson, Karla L., Volpe, Leah C., Kolodinsky, Jane, Hwang, Grace, Wang, Weiwei, Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B., Sitaker, Marilyn, Timeon, Eretii, Ammerman, Alice S., Seguin, Rebecca A.   +9 more
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Factors Associated with Participation in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) among Low-Income Households: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

Nutrients
Households with limited financial resources often struggle with inadequate access to healthy, affordable food. Community supported agriculture (CSA) has the potential to improve access to fresh fruits and vegetables, yet low-income households seldom ...
Hanson KL, Concepcion C, Volpe LC.
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Preliminary trial findings from Harvest Share: a cost-offset community supported agriculture model to improve diet in New York City [PDF]

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Background Community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs are an evidence-based approach to increase fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake while also strengthening the local farming economy and social bonds.
Madison N. LeCroy, Luisa Cardenas, Sze Wan Celine Chan, Maya Scherer, Brett Dolotina, Dalila Victoria Lanza, Rhyden Dowd, Michelle Hughes, Steve Mei, Kathleen Barth, Mayssa Gregoire, Ana I. Rodriguez Gil, Marisa DeDominicis, Maria Acevedo, Alina Rodriguez, Lorena Kourousias, Mary Cheng, Mitchel Wu, Jairo Guzman, Hayley M. Belli, R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez, Lan N. Đoàn, Stella S. Yi   +22 more
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Helping Farmers with Continuation Planning for Cost-Offset Community Supported Agriculture to Low-Income Families

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2020
To improve low-income families’ access to fresh local produce, some farmers offer subsidized or “cost-offset” community supported agriculture (CO-CSA) shares.
Marilyn Sitaker, Mackenzie McCall, Jane Kolodinsky, Weiwei Wang, Alice Ammerman, Kristin Bulpitt, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Karla Hanson, Leah Volpe, Rebecca Seguin-Fowler   +9 more
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Community supported agriculture plus nutrition education improves skills, self-efficacy, and eating behaviors among low-income caregivers but not their children: a randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2021
Background Adults and children in the U.S. consume inadequate quantities of fruit and vegetables (FV), in part, due to poor access among households with lower socioeconomic status. One approach to improving access to FV is community supported agriculture
Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler, Karla L. Hanson, Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Jane Kolodinsky, Marilyn Sitaker, Alice S. Ammerman, Grace A. Marshall, Emily H. Belarmino, Jennifer A. Garner, Weiwei Wang   +9 more
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A Mixed-methods Examination of the Geospatial and Sociodemographic Context of a Direct-to-Consumer Food System Innovation

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2019
Spatial context may be important to direct to con­sumer (DTC) programs aimed at improving fresh fruit and vegetable access for low-income individu­als.
Jared McGuirt, Marilyn Sitaker, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Alice Ammerman, Jane Kolodinsky, Rebecca Seguin-Fowler   +5 more
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Advancing equity in alternative food systems: funding models and communication strategies for inclusive community-supported agriculture

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Dietary patterns have a significant effect on health and environmental sustainability. Current food systems favor calorie-dense, nutrient-poor options, fostering not only chronic diseases and ecological challenges, but also societal inequalities ...
Birgit Teufer, Vivien Marx
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