Introduction Community-supported agriculture (CSA) offers a high potential to provide
synergies between ecological, economic and social sustainability aspects. While CSA is still …

In this article I develop a political economic understanding of community-supported
agriculture (CSA). I first develop the relevance of three concepts—economic rents, self …

The craft beer industry is of increased interest to academics and geographers are beginning
to not only chart a “geography of beer”; but also the local economic development …

To better understand the non-economic drivers of growth in emerging industries, this paper
examines the craft beer industry. Specifically, the paper will review two examples–the Black …

The diffusion of community supported agriculture (CSA) in Italy is a very recent
phenomenon. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current status and the evolution …

Abstract In the United States, there is a tremendous amount of interest in community‐
supported agriculture (CSA) among farmers, consumers, activists, and policymakers …

Non-profit, consumer, and government advocates are working to expand access to locally-
produced foods as a way of addressing major social and ecological issues. Some activists …

This article provides an empirical analysis of the gender gap for farming in the United States.
Using the 2012 US Census of Agriculture we show that farms operated by women earn forty …

Abstract Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) faces substantial challenges in
increasingly saturated and competitive markets in which competitors highlight their …

The effects of competition within alternative food networks (AFNs) remain largely
unexplored. Using a study of farms that operate C ommunity S upported A griculture (CSA) …