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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. agricultural management
  3. sustainable agriculture
  4. community supported agriculture
  1. Farms, Agricultural Production Systems
  2. agricultural management
  3. sustainable agriculture
  4. community supported agriculture
  1. Fields of Study
  2. economics
  3. economic development
  4. sustainable development
  5. sustainable agriculture
  6. community supported agriculture
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. economics
  3. economic development
  4. sustainable development
  5. sustainable agriculture
  6. community supported agriculture
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. environmental sustainability
  3. sustainable development
  4. sustainable agriculture
  5. community supported agriculture
  1. Rural Development, Communities, Education, Extension
  2. social sustainability
  3. sustainable development
  4. sustainable agriculture
  5. community supported agriculture

Preferred term

community supported agriculture

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Community Supported Agriculture consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legally or spiritually, the community's farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production.

    Source: Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, USDA

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • community-supported agriculture

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/28295

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