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Ore. community agriculture boosts local farms

The Columbian
Published: August 4, 2010, 12:00am

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Community supported agriculture is growing more popular in Oregon, giving local farms a boost.

Also called “CSAs,” customers pay in advance for a season’s worth of fresh fruits and vegetables that are delivered weekly.

The CSAs typically run 25 weeks, and cost consumers about $20 a box. Some CSAs deliver as long as 42 weeks.

The community supported agriculture movement includes experienced and new farmers.

Jeff Bramlett and Carri Heisler operate the Pitchfork and Crow CSA near McMinnville. The 28-year-olds lease just under two acres from an organic farm and hope to expand next year.

They say the farm breaks even now, but they hope to make enough to buy their own farmland within five years.

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Information from: Capital Press, http://www.capitalpress.com/

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