Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - en väg mot ökad uthållighet?
Over the past one hundred years, there has been an increasing globalization and industrialization of the food systems. As a result, the distance between the production and the consumption of food has increased, both in time and space and in the minds of people. There is also an increasing concern...
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| author | Andersson, Karin |
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| description | Over the past one hundred years, there has been an increasing globalization and
industrialization of the food systems. As a result, the distance between the production and the consumption of food has increased, both in time and space and in the minds of
people. There is also an increasing concern for the environmental effects of industrial
farming and the long distance transportation of food.
Sustainable agriculture and efforts to build more sustainable food systems has emerged in
opposition to the global food market. The definitions of sustainability usually include
environmental, social and economical aspects. To build more localized food systems is
seen as one way towards increased sustainability. Examples of local food initiatives are
Farmer's Markets, food box delivering systems and Community Supported Agriculture
(CSA). In CSA the consumers share the economical risks of farming with the farmers by
buying a share in the yearly produce of for example vegetables and herbs from a farm.
CSA creates a direct contact between producer and consumer and includes learning
opportunities for both parts.
In this study, the only CSA farm in Sweden, Ramsjö gård, is analyzed from a
sustainability point of view. The main focus is on the contact between the farmers and the
CSA members, and the learning and changes in purchase habits that is a possible result of
the CSA membership. The methods used were a mail survey among the CSA members
and a sustainability analysis of the farm.
The results from the mail survey showed that the members of this CSA are quite similar
to CSA members in general. They are generally well educated and belong to the middle
class. A majority of the people answering the survey are women. There are many families
with children. There was no statistically significant relationship between the degree of
contact between farmers and CSA members and what the members had learnt from their
membership. It was not possible to see any relation between if the members had learnt
something from their CSA membership and if they changed their food purchasing habits.
The sustainability analysis showed that the farmers perceived the social and
environmental aspects of their farm and CSA enterprise as more sustainable than the
economical and practical. An analysis of Ramsjö gård in relation to the goals of CSA
showed that this CSA farm in several ways contributes to an increased sustainability in
the food system. |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
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| publishDate | 2006 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU119422017-11-15T11:50:52Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/11942/ Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - en väg mot ökad uthållighet? Andersson, Karin Agriculture - General aspects Over the past one hundred years, there has been an increasing globalization and industrialization of the food systems. As a result, the distance between the production and the consumption of food has increased, both in time and space and in the minds of people. There is also an increasing concern for the environmental effects of industrial farming and the long distance transportation of food. Sustainable agriculture and efforts to build more sustainable food systems has emerged in opposition to the global food market. The definitions of sustainability usually include environmental, social and economical aspects. To build more localized food systems is seen as one way towards increased sustainability. Examples of local food initiatives are Farmer's Markets, food box delivering systems and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). In CSA the consumers share the economical risks of farming with the farmers by buying a share in the yearly produce of for example vegetables and herbs from a farm. CSA creates a direct contact between producer and consumer and includes learning opportunities for both parts. In this study, the only CSA farm in Sweden, Ramsjö gård, is analyzed from a sustainability point of view. The main focus is on the contact between the farmers and the CSA members, and the learning and changes in purchase habits that is a possible result of the CSA membership. The methods used were a mail survey among the CSA members and a sustainability analysis of the farm. The results from the mail survey showed that the members of this CSA are quite similar to CSA members in general. They are generally well educated and belong to the middle class. A majority of the people answering the survey are women. There are many families with children. There was no statistically significant relationship between the degree of contact between farmers and CSA members and what the members had learnt from their membership. It was not possible to see any relation between if the members had learnt something from their CSA membership and if they changed their food purchasing habits. The sustainability analysis showed that the farmers perceived the social and environmental aspects of their farm and CSA enterprise as more sustainable than the economical and practical. An analysis of Ramsjö gård in relation to the goals of CSA showed that this CSA farm in several ways contributes to an increased sustainability in the food system. De senaste hundra åren har globaliseringen och industrialiseringen av livsmedelssystemet ökat. Detta har resulterat i ett ökat avstånd mellan produktionen och konsumtionen av mat, både i tid och rum samt i människors medvetande. Oron ökar också allt mer när det gäller det moderna jordbrukets och de långväga transporternas effekter på miljön. Strävan mot mer uthålliga brukningsmetoder och uthålliga livsmedelssystem har uppkommit som en reaktion mot globaliseringen och industrialiseringen. Definitioner av uthållighet inkluderar ofta både ekologiska, ekonomiska och sociala aspekter. Att utveckla mer lokala livsmedelssystem ses av många som en väg mot ökad uthållighet. Exempel på lokala alternativ är Bondens Egen Marknad, prenumerationssystem på grönsakslådor och Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). CSA innebär att konsumenterna delar de ekonomiska riskerna med producenterna genom att inför varje säsong köpa en andel av det som produceras på CSA-gården, vilket oftast är grönsaker. CSA innebär en direkt kontakt mellan producenter och konsumenter och skapar möjligheter till lärande och anpassning för båda parter. Detta examensarbete är en studie av Sveriges enda CSA-gård, Ramsjö gård, ur ett uthållighetsperspektiv. Huvudfokus ligger på kontakten mellan gårdens brukare och CSA-medlemmarna samt på lärandet och de förändringar i köpvanor som medlemskapet kan leda till. Inom examensarbetet har en enkät bland CSA-medlemmarna och en uthållighetsanalys av gården gjorts. Resultatet från enkäten visade att medlemmarna i detta CSA i många avseenden liknade CSA-medlemmar generellt. Enligt enkätsvaren var Ramsjö gårds medlemmar generellt välutbildade, de var medelinkomsttagare och en majoritet av dem som besvarade enkäten var kvinnor. Bland medlemmarna fanns många barnfamiljer. Den statistiska analysen av materialet visade inget signifikant samband mellan CSA-medlemmarnas grad av engagemang och vad de lärt sig av sitt medlemskap. Det var inte heller möjligt att se något samband mellan om medlemmarna lärt sig något från sitt CSA-medlemskap och om de ändrat sina köpvanor. Uthållighetsanalysen visade att lantbrukarna upplevde de sociala och miljömässiga aspekterna av sin verksamhet som mer uthålliga än de ekonomiska och praktiska. En jämförelse med målen för CSA visade att Ramsjö gård på flera sätt bidrar till en ökad uthållighet i livsmedelssystemet. 2006-12-18 Other NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/11942/1/andersson_k_171115.pdf Andersson, Karin, 2006. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - en väg mot ökad uthållighet? : en studie av Ramsjö gård. UNSPECIFIED, Uppsala. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-595.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-8836 swe |
| spellingShingle | Agriculture - General aspects Andersson, Karin Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - en väg mot ökad uthållighet? |
| title | Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - en väg mot ökad uthållighet? |
| title_full | Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - en väg mot ökad uthållighet? |
| title_fullStr | Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - en väg mot ökad uthållighet? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - en väg mot ökad uthållighet? |
| title_short | Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - en väg mot ökad uthållighet? |
| title_sort | community supported agriculture (csa) - en väg mot ökad uthållighet? |
| topic | Agriculture - General aspects |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/11942/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/11942/ |