Abstract
Community shared agriculture is a concept that brings food producers and consumers together in a relationship that supports values associated with sustainable agriculture, community development, and food security. At the heart of the concept is the notion of sharing. Participants share the real costs of food production through fair prices for the farmer and by assuming part of the risk of poor harvests. They also share the rewards that come through a seasons supply of fresh produce, the development of fellowship, and the knowledge that they are part of an effort to “think globally, act locally.”
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Paul Fieldhouse, M. Phil., is currently employed as a health promotion specialist with the Manitoba Ministry of Health, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba. His academic background is in nutrition, which he has taught at The Metropolitan University of Leeds in England and at the University of Alberta in Canada. His specific interest is in sociocultural aspects of food habits and the second edition of his bookFood and Nutrition: Customs and Culture was released in June of 1995.
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Fieldhouse, P. Community shared agriculture. Agric Hum Values 13, 43–47 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01538226
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