Cited economic benefits of the CSA model include the provision of a “fixed market”
which renders farmers less vulnerable to decreasing demand and seasonal market prices,
and prepayment of shares, decreasing the reliance on external financing for operating
capital (Sabih and Baker 2000). Although not all farmers take advantage of the risk
sharing aspect of CSA, the concept of sharing the harvest, bounty or crop failure, can
assist farmers operating under increasingly fluctuating weather conditions.