is a business tightly linked to a single farm that groups its own
produce with a large volume of consistently purchased produce from other farms and/or the
wholesale market. These combined boxes are sold in the same fashion as the two other kinds of
box CSA with similar types of distribution systems. Non-Farm Aggregators, which we exclude
from our analysis of CSA, grow nothing and act only as a distributor. Aggregators typically allow
greater flexibility for their members; most require no upfront payment period and allow for
customization of the produce in their boxes.