Handbooks

Of course, THE European CSA Handbook

& A Share in the harvest, the Soil Association CSA Action manual and all their « unbeatable » resources

The resources in this section will help you get the information and support you need to start up a CSA or develop your existing CSA further. You can browse our resources by category below:

• Essential reading
• Land, tenancy and planning
• Legal, governance and finances
• Farming and growing
• Marketing and membership building
• Case studies

MIRAMAP: the AMAP basics – http://miramap.org/-Fondements-des-AMAP-.html

1. Concept & objectives
2. What AMAP stand for
3. The AMAP charter
4. Where do the AMAP come from

MIRAMAP: the AMAP in practise

1. To start up an AMAP
2. The ethics of AMAP
3. To be an AMAP farmer
4. To run an AMAP
5. PGS

Rhône-alpes : The AMAP farmer handbook & The « dissemination » handbook

Literatur from the Solawi network in Germany

community-supported agriculture: getting your share, by TVE (exists in magyar and french)

Articles

BÎRHALA Brîndusa & MÖLLERS Judith, « Community supported agriculture in Romania. Is it driven by economy or solidarity? », Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies Discussion Paper no. 144, 2014.

HITCHMAN Judith, « The Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Social and Solidarity -based Economy« , FAO background paper, January 2012.

SAGE Colin, « The Transition Movement and Food Sovereignty: from Local Resilience to Global Engagement in Food System Transformation », Journal of Consumer Culture, 3 April 2014.