Community Supported Agriculture or Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) is a community of
individuals or families who support a chosen farm and its family. Each individual or family
purchases, in advance, a share, called a subscription, of the year’s crop. Thus, the customers
become virtual partners or ‘co-producers’ in the farm, sharing risk and reward with the farm
family. Throughout the growing season, each week subscribing member receives equal shares of
the freshly harvested food from the farmer.