Here are a number of sites that provide information about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and other food-related topics:
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Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas is a national sustainable farming information center.
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Eat Wild — Contains a national list of suppliers of pasture raised meats and other pasture-based farming and health information.
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Robin Van En Center — Maintains a national CSA list by state and other CSA resources.
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Oregon Biodynamic Group — Lots of information about the local biodynamic organization, which sponsors meetings and events throughout the year.
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Biodynamic Farming & Gardening Association — A comprehensive site maintained by the non-profit organization which supports biodynamics and CSAs.
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Local Harvest — An excellent site both in look and content. Enables searching for locally-grown food in all parts of the U.S.
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CSA-L Networking E-mail List — FAQs, links, subscription information and more. They hope to see discussions on goals, distribution styles, outreach tools, member retention, educational work, connections with non-CSA organizations, etc.
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CAFF — The Community Alliance with Family Farmers is an organization committed to building a movement of rural and urban people to foster family scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice.
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Food for Lane County — Provides food resources to clients through a network of more than 60 non-profit social service agencies throughout Lane County. Winter Green Farm distributes Community Farm shares and bulk fresh produce to FFLC as a community service.
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Oregon Tilth — Oregon's leading promoter of organic agriculture and sustainable farming practices. A non-profit organization that provides organic certification to farmers, processors, and retailers worldwide.
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Organically Grown Company — A member-owned marketing coop that distributes organically grown produce throughout Oregon and beyond.
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Directions to Winter Green Farm from Eugene:
Head west on W.11th/Hwy126. Go through the intersection in Veneta (look for Ray’s Food Ctr. and Dairy Queen). Go another 5 mi. down Hwy. 126 and go past the turn-off for Noti. Go over the pass and turn right at the sign “to Triangle Lake”. This is Poodle Creek Rd.. Go about 2 mi. up Poodle Creek Rd. Winter Green Farm is on the left and is marked by a large white, oval sign (look out for the red barns with silver silos). The drive takes 30-40 minutes from Eugene.
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