The demand for fresh, locally grown, organic food in the
community results further reliance on locally produced food rather
than dependence upon imported produce. As a consequence,
CSA farmers are more likely to focus on product and market
diversification by reducing chemical input use introducing new
food products and applying innovative marketing techniques.
Moreover, they try to maintain their economic variability by
mitigating various detrimental effects such as rising land prices
caused by competing land use and low price for their products