community supported agriculture

Signing on for health

Consumers vote with their dollars at every purchase. Pullman-Moscow consumers have shown their support for local produce growers by the increasing popularity of CSAs (community supported agriculture). Consumers partner with growers by providing money at the beginning of the season (when growers need it to get started) and then receiving produce in return all season […]

Garden yields abundance in produce and learning

On a three-acre plot at Tukey Orchard on the eastern edge of campus, the fruits of WSU’s first season of Community Supported Agriculture are earning rave reviews. “Oh the strawberries!” enthused Wanda Hvezda, picking up her brown waxed produce box one recent Friday afternoon. “The big strawberries at the store have no flavor anymore. These […]