Roxbury Farm is a limited liability, for profit corporation. is rarely included in traditional models as an explicit
variable. Rather, technology is often captured in the algorithm that details the relationship between labor and capital in
J the production function. is explicitly defined in this paper because the demand for organic vegetables is
intertwined with the specific technology used on the farm. In other words, CSA members are interested in the method
used to produce the vegetables. The farmer can use advances in technology to reduce the costs of production through
O economies of scale, but often these methods are not organic, and, thus, counter to member preferences. to the
farmer is both the value of the land, which could be sold for development, and of growing organic vegetables. Similar
to the technology variable, farmers could increase the production of vegetables, and rate of return, by growing nonEs organic produce. represents the expectations of the farmer. If the expectations of the farmer for the number of
memberships are low, then the supply of organic vegetables will be small. However, if the expectations of the farmer
Qv are high, then supply of organic vegetables will be large. At the same time, supply, or , will also be impacted by
the expected rate of inflation during the growing season.