What’s in Your Share? Call for Participation in a Study on the Content of CSA Shares

In order to collect reliable data about the content of the weekly share of vegetables in a large number of CSA initiatives, international CSA network URGENCI is looking for motivated CSA members and/or CSA farmers who can monitor the content of their share during an entire year (January-December 2023).

What kind of data do we want to collect?

• The quantity of each crop in each weekly share, but also their quality (type of seeds used)
• The content of the share over a long period of time (one year), because of the production’s seasonality
• Only veggies are considered because they are the foundation of most CSA partnerships. Other types of production are probably not as impacted by the choice to sell through a CSA
• Basic data from the producing farms (incl. cultivated area and number of staff) will also be needed to be able to measure yields, waste, loss

What are the advantages for you of being part of this project?

• Participation in a study that should showcase the professionalism and high productivity of CSA farms
• Contribution to the identification of CSA farm’s assets: agrobiodiversity, drastic decrease of food waste and food loss, just to name a few
• Free participation in focus groups where the results will be shared and discussed with other CSA groups, farms, and experts
• Contribution to a study of CSA’s resilience in the current food crisis and its value during ongoing major challenges like skyrocketing inflation
• A participation allowance of up to 100 EUR

Are you interested to be part of this survey? Do you have questions? Please contact…

Jocelyn Parot
Mail: jocelyn.parot@agrar.uni-giessen.de
Phone +33 6 84 68 52 82 (also on WhatsApp)

More about project at URGENCI website.

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