Now's the Time to Invest in a Yarn CSA. Or.. do you know where you're fiber's from?

Published: January 21, 2008, 7:00 am

Tags: business career personal finance, green eco conscious, hobbies crafts diy, csa, knitting, spinning, yarn

Last October, not martha asked: "We have CSAs for produce directly from farms, so why not for farms that raise animals for fiber?" According to Wikipedia, a CSA is Community-supported agriculture Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is a relatively new socio-economic model of food production, sales, and distribution aimed at both increasing the quality of food and the quality of care given the land, plants and animals while substantially reducing potential food losses and financial risks for the producers. It is also a method for small-scale commercial farmers and gardeners to have a successful, small-scale closed market. CSA's focus is usually on a system of weekly delivery or pick-up of vegetables, sometimes also flowers, fruits, herbs and even milk or meat products in some cases. If you live in a region with family farms, you might subscribe to a CSA and receive your "box of investment" on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis. Makes sense: the farmers knows

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