Community Supported Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture

• 2020
  
  Data collected in 2020 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicates that 7,244 farms in the United States sold products directly to consumers through a community supported agriculture (CSA) arrangement. (1) CSA's accounted for $225 million (about 7.75 percent) of the $2.9 billion in direct-to-consumer sales by farms. (2)
  
  1. See:  2020 Local Food Marketing Survey QuickStats (Row 6, Col 16) [nass.usda.gov]
  
  2. See:  Direct Farm Sales of Food. Results of the 2020 Local Food Marketing Practices Survey. [nass.usda.gov] [pdf, 2 pages] April 2022.
• 2015
  
  Data collected in 2015 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicates that 7,398 farms in the United States sold products directly to consumers through a community supported agriculture (CSA) arrangement. CSA's accounted for $226 million (about 7 percent) of the $3 billion in direct-to-consumer sales by farms.
  
  See:  Direct Farm Sales of Food. Results of the 2015 Local Food Marketing Practices Survey. [nass.usda.gov] [pdf, 2 pages] December 2016.
  
  See also:  2015 Local Food Marketing Practices Survey. [nass.usda.gov]
• 2012/2007
  
  Data collected in 2012 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicates that 12,617 farms in the United States reported marketing products through a community supported agriculture (CSA) arrangement, a 0.5 percent increase over the 12,549 farms marketing through CSAs in 2007.
  • 2012
    
    Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012. [cornell.edu] [pdf, 1 page]. In 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data. p. 558. (2014) USDA. National Agricultural Statistics Service.
    
    See the column titled, "Marketed products through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) (farms)" to find the number of farms that answered yes to the question, "At any time during 2012, did this operation market products through a community supported agriculture (CSA) arrangement?"
    
    See also:  2012 Census of Agriculture Highlights: Farmers Marketing; [nass.usda.gov] [pdf, 2 pages]
    
    See also: USDA Census of Agriculture Historical Archive (2012). [cornell.edu]
  • 2007
    
    Table 44. Selected Practices: 2007. [nass.usda.gov] [pdf, 1 page] In 2007 Census of Agriculture - State Data. p. 606. (2009) USDA. National Agricultural Statistics Service.
    
    See the column titled, "Marketed products through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) (farms)" to find the number of farms that answered yes to the question, "At any time during 2007, did this operation market products through a community supported agriculture (CSA) arrangement?"
    
    See also: USDA Census of Agriculture Historical Archive (2007).[cornell.edu]

Surveys and Reports

1. Unraveling the CSA Number Conundrum. [wordpress.com] McFadden, Steven. The Call of the Land. Blog. January 9, 2012.
2. 2009 Survey of Community Supported Agriculture Producers. [uky.edu] [pdf, 24 pages] (July 2009). Analysis of survey findings on the business and marketing practices of 205 CSA farms in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
3. CSA Across the Nation: Findings from the 1999 CSA Survey. [cias.wisc.edu] [pdf, 20 pages] (2003). Provides the first comprehensive portrait of the CSA movement in the US. Findings from a 1999 national "census" survey show commonalities and diversity among CSA farms.
4. Community Supported Agriculture Entering the 21st Century: Results from the 2001 National Survey. [cias.wisc.edu] [pdf, 23 pages] (undated). Presents the results of a 2001 survey of 300 Community Supported Agriculture farms in 43 U.S. states. Continues the 1999 survey as described in the report CSA Across the Nation: Findings from the 1999 CSA Survey, above.
5. Community Supported Agriculture in the Mid-Atlantic Region: Results of a Shareholder Survey and Farmer Interviews. [scribd.com] (2004) L. Oberholtzer. Future Harvest-CASA. Research from the Small Farm Success Project.
6. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in the Midwest United States: A Regional Characterization. [dr.iastate.edu] (2005) Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.
7. Community Supported Agriculture on the Central Coast: The CSA Member Experience. [escholarship.org] (2003) Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS), University of California.
8. Marketing Your Organic Products. In Final Results of the 4th National Organic Farmers Survey: Sustaining Organic Farms in a Changing Organic Marketplace. [agmrc.org] [pdf, 106 pages] p. 48-51. (2004) Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF). Survey conducted in 2002.