Solidarity economy does not offer itself easily to a clear-cut definition; it can be defined as a
system in opposition with the dominant economic systems which are built only on the market
and competition. It does not define itself as anti-market or anti-government, but it is rather the
result of mutual action among free people in an attempt to build new economic practices
centred on human labour, knowledge and creativity, rather than capital (FISHER and PONNIAH,
2003). In CSA, the direct link between the producer and the consumer may be seen as an
alternative to the regular market with its large scale and industrialised food production systems.
Trust and social connection are the basis of such direct market relationships