The interviews revealed that the vast majority of CSA farmers are not engaging in
profit maximization, and many are not interested in a monetary return to their labor (i.e.,
having more money than they put into circulation). Indeed, some took issue with questions about profit. Farmer 31 asked, “What do you mean by profit? Do you mean having
good food to eat, friends to share it with?” Farmers 9A and 9B also considered growing
their own food to be a profit—what Gibson-Graham (2006) would call “self-provisioning
labor”—rather than interpreting it in purely monetary terms. In short, other values and
rationalities are clearly driving how CSA farmers run their operations. The following
comments make the point, but similar sentiments were expressed by most CSA farmers.
The interviews revealed that the vast majority of CSA farmers are not engaging inprofit maximization, and many are not interested in a monetary return to their labor (i.e.,having more money than they put into circulation). Indeed, some took issue with questions about profit. Farmer 31 asked, “What do you mean by profit? Do you mean havinggood food to eat, friends to share it with?” Farmers 9A and 9B also considered growingtheir own food to be a profit—what Gibson-Graham (2006) would call “self-provisioninglabor”—rather than interpreting it in purely monetary terms. In short, other values andrationalities are clearly driving how CSA farmers run their operations. The followingcomments make the point, but similar sentiments were expressed by most CSA farmers.
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