ITHACA — Farmers hawked shares of their goods and produce to hundreds of conscious consumers Saturday at the fifth annual Community Supported Agriculture Fair, an event created and sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and now a model for others around the state.
Eager to sign up community members, they conjured up visions of baskets bursting with fresh produce for enthusiastic residents as winter showed no signs of abating outside Boynton Middle School. Consumers were just as eager.
"We were delighted to hear about it. We want to do a CSA, but there are so many in town to choose from," said Ithaca resident Caitlin Loehr, who was interviewing farmers at the fair with questions about offerings, growing practices and drop-off locations.
In general, CSAs offer consumers a share of the farm, which usually consists of weekly baskets of fresh produce for the summer months, in return for an upfront cost of a few hundred dollars, which helps farmers who have little cash flow in the winter.
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