Provident Organic Farm

   prov‧i‧dent [prŏv'ĭ-dənt, -dĕnt]  adj, providing carefully for future needs and events 

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What is a CSA?

CSA's (Community Supported Agriculture) are an innovative farming model that seeks to restore the relationship between people and their food supply.  In our present industrialized and centralized food system, the average consumer has no idea where or how their food was grown, or that it has traveled an average of 1500 miles from farm gate to dinner plate.  CSA farms are a cooperative effort by farmers and shareholders to build a sustainable food system based on a socially and environmentally responsible business model. The relationship between farmer and shareholder becomes one of mutual commitment. The shareholder assumes a portion of the financial risk of the farm, sustaining the farmer while the farmer does his or her best to supply the shareholder with a bountiful supply of organically grown, freshly harvested vegetables and fruits each week through the growing season.