"CSAs are a great concept. ... The farmer gets the money when he needs it. And when the growing season starts ... people get to pick up their box of produce, which was picked the day before. It's super fresh, and the people have a direct connection with the farm. Normally, people don't get to have that intimate experience with their food."

- Jim Slama, president of Familyfarmed.org (and member of OrganicNation's board of directors), quoted in today's Chicago Tribune.

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms have been growing in popularity recently, and according to the Trib article, the number of CSAs in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan listed FamilyFarmed.org have nearly tripled over the past two years.

-Mark