Growing Food, Growing Community: Community Supported Agriculture in Rural Iowa

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has taken root and is thriving on the fringes of the global, industrial food system. As the name conveys, CSA benefits agriculture and producer-growers and, by implication, community, the land, and consumer-eaters. This paper examines the emergence of CSA in a rural state in the US midwest, focusing on community building processes by which CSA brings together growers and eaters in a growing circle united by food.