Robyn Van En (1995), one of the original community farmers, believed that the world
could be dominated by community supported stores, services, and other cottage industries. Her
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dream of community-supported everything has, at least at this point, failed to materialize.
Loughridge (2002) compared the CSA concept to the beer-of-the-month or other “of-the-month”
clubs where subscribers pay upfront for monthly delivery of the purchased product