Collaborative community-supported agriculture: balancing community capitals for producers and consumers.

摘要: Sustainability for local food producers requires a balance of supply (from producers) with demand consumers) in the face volatile weather and prices. Community-supported agriculture (CSA) attempts to achieve that through communication commitments between consumers, which depend on relationships trust. These trust they can generate are multidimensional complex. We use community capitals framework, looking at expectations benefits terms natural, cultural, human, social, political, financial built stocks flows assets, as analytical tool examine realizations past current consumers collaborative CSAs (cCSAs), particular kind require more than single farmer CSAs. Producers who receive multiple ‘goods’ from cCSAs likely continue their associations. be organized variety ways develop economic including social capital, cultural human political well providing wider range stability foods. Surveying – present three four US state Iowa, is dominated by industrial agriculture, we found those participated based satisfying were maintain participation over time satisfied experience. defined cCSA experience economic, expand participation. started out activities often used business incubator begin individual produced. structures evolve maximize proved most sustainable demonstrate interactive nature successful on-going farmer–consumer relationships. Cornelia Butler Flora Charles F. Curtiss distinguished Professor Sociology life Sciences department Sociology, iowa State university, ames, ia 50011-1050, uSa; email: . Corry Bregendahl an Assistant Scientist Leopold Center Sustainable ia, uSa. Int. Jrnl. Soc. Agr. & Food, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 329–346 iSSn: 0798-1759 this journal blind refereed. 330 Corene