Civic agriculture refers to a model of agricultural development introduced by
Thomas Lyson at the turn of the new millennium. According to Lyson, manifestations of
civic agriculture include the following enterprises: farmers’ markets, community and
school gardens, small-scale organic farms, community supported agriculture (CSA)
operations, grower-controlled marketing cooperatives, agricultural districts, community
kitchens, specialty producers, on-farm processors, and small-scale, off-farm, local
processors