The CSA Program
Grow Youngstown CSA program puts farmers and members together and helps the CSA with administrative tools, such as bookkeeping, contracts, newlsletters and organizational strategies. The advantages of CSA are many:
- Greater nutritional value: Food traveling shorter distances, reaches customers with higher nutritional content.
- Supports the local economy: Money transferred stays within the local economy (doesn't go to Chicago (IGA) or Pittsburgh (Giant Eagle) creating direct and interdependent bonds between producers and consumers.
- Good price: Customers pay less than they would pay at the supermarket for the same organic produce and farmers get more than they would get at auction or through a distributor.
- Variety: Customers get a variety of vegetables not always available at the local supermarket.
- Sustainable: The food is grown sustainably, adhearing to PASA or OEFFA guidelines, though not necessarily certified organic.
Affiliated CSA
Weekly News Bite
See article about Grow Youngstown and Hobe's Farm published on Feb 9th, in the Vindicator.