community-supported agriculture
noun
com·mu·ni·ty-sup·port·ed agriculture
: a system in which a farm is supported by local consumers who purchase prepaid shares in the farm's output which they receive periodically throughout the growing season
And they run a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program that this year will supply 400 local families with boxes of fresh produce … every week.—
Casey Miner
—abbreviation CSA
Casey Miner
Examples of community-supported agriculture in a Sentence
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The company’s dude ranch is complemented by a garden and community-supported agriculture program.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
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Word History
First Known Use
1987, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of community-supported agriculture was
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“Community-supported agriculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community-supported%20agriculture. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
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