Community supported agriculture management software

December 31, the server will be shut down. This means you will need to pull whatever reports and data from HarvestHand that you wish to keep. After December 31, there will be no HarvestHand to log into. We are really sorry for the inconvenience this may cause you. We do appreciate that it is a pile of work to make these changes but we do hope that two months will provide you with enough time to adapt to life without HarvestHand. HarvestHand is a website software platform dedicated to helping farmers grow and manage their Community Supported Agriculture CSA memberships.

Join our Team! Know your Farmers. Localtarian Times. Photo Gallery. We believe that eating fresh vegetables grown locally with intention, love, and intellect are not only good for us personally but good for the global community as a whole. Supporting the farm through the CSA model is a great way to stay healthy, stay connected to your food, and help build food security in our state.

In , a group of Japanese women founded the Teikei system. It also reflected growing national concern over food safety and chemical contamination in the wake of Minimata Disease methylmercury poisoning that affected thousands near Minimata Bay, Kumamoto, Japan , and gained additional momentum after the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown of Cooperative farm economics began to take hold in Europe in the s as well.

This form of financial cooperation ultimately led to membership programs. Department of Agriculture supports three major programs that offer sustainable agriculture information and assistance.

Whether you are a farmer, an educator or a researcher seeking more information about sustainable agriculture in general, about a specific crop, or help with a specific problem, these programs can help. Contact information for each program and a description of each program's area of specialization are provided below.