Community-Supported Agriculture in the Research Triangle Region of North Carolina: Demographics and Effects of Membership on Household Food Supply and Diet
Community-Supported Agriculture in the Research Triangle Region of North Carolina: Demographics and Effects of Membership on Household Food Supply and Diet
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10.1080/19320240903574403
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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1.6
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O'Briant, Jason
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作者：
Landis, Bill;Smith, Tracy Entwisle;O'Briant, Jason
社区支持农业（CSA）在北卡罗来纳州相对较新，发展迅速，大约有60个社区支持农业农场。来自北卡罗莱纳州研究三角（中部）地区5个农场的CSA成员接受了一项旨在收集以下方面数据的调查工具：(1)人口特征，(2)成员最初如何了解他们的CSA以及加入CSA的原因，(3)进入家庭的水果和蔬菜的不同来源，(4)结果和利用他们每周的CSA份额，以及(5)水果和蔬菜消费。调查于2007年季节向5个CSA农场的448名成员和一个非CSA对照组（n = 97）分发；完成并分析了210名CSA成员的调查。调查结果表明，CSA成员往往是白人，中年，已婚，经济稳定，受过高等教育。消费者听到他们的CSA的主要途径是朋友/熟人和互联网/CSA网站。此外，会员们还列举了支持当地农场、健康饮食和了解食物来源是加入CSA的主要原因。社区农业提供了家庭每周46%的农产品，从社区农业获得的大部分（75%）农产品被消费，只有一小部分被丢弃。与非CSA组相比，CSA组成员食用的水果和蔬菜明显更多，种类也更多。
Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is relatively new in North Carolina and growing rapidly with approximately 60 CSA farms. CSA members belonging to 5 farms in the Research Triangle (central) region of North Carolina were administered a survey instrument designed to collect data in the following areas: (1) demographic characteristics, (2) how members first learned about their CSA and reasons for joining, (3) the different sources from which fruit and vegetables enter the household, (4) outcomes and utilization of their weekly CSA share, and (5) fruit and vegetable consumption. The survey was distributed to 448 members of 5 CSA farms during the 2007 season and a non-CSA control group (n = 97); 210 CSA member surveys were completed and analyzed. Findings indicated that CSA members tend to be Caucasian, middle-aged, married, economically secure, and highly educated. The primary ways consumers heard of their CSAs were friends/acquaintances and the Internet/CSA Web sites. Additionally, members cited supporting local farms, healthier eating, and knowing where your foods come from as major reasons for joining a CSA. CSAs provided 46% of a household's weekly produce, and the majority (75%) of produce obtained from CSAs was consumed, with only a small percentage discarded. CSA members consumed significantly more servings of fruits and vegetables and a greater variety of these foods than non-CSA controls.