When farmers become involved in community supported agriculture they engage themselves
in a sort of contract between consumers. In this essence the linear connection between producer and
consumer is quite similar as with other industries. However, in CSA the consumer actually purchases a
part of the risk that the farmer is facing when producing his crops. Furthermore, the consumer is well
aware, at the moment the annual subscription fee is paid, that he/she will encounter moments when
there is no particular harvest or a very minimal one. This connection provides the farmer with a backup support system that ‘conventional’ farmers otherwise would not have.