A Case Study of the Symbolic Value of Community Supported Agriculture Membership

dc.creatorZepeda, Lydia
dc.creatorReznickova, Anna "Alice"
dc.creatorRussell, Willow Saranna
dc.creatorHettenbach, David
dc.date2017-04-01T18:29:58Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T08:34:35Z
dc.descriptionSometimes a vegetable is just a vegetable, but how and where it is grown and sold can imbue a lowly potato with status: organic, local, Fairtrade, Peruvian! This paper examines the symbolic value of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as a vegetable delivery system using a focus group study. We find that for both current and former members, CSA has both symbolic and private meaning and confers status to vegetables, but has little influence on the perceived status of agriculture. However, only continuing CSA members demonstrate learned cues, perceptions of appraisal, improved role performance, and confer status to the CSA farmer.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.186932
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/186932/files/JFDR%2045_2__11Zepeda.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/186932
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/600431
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/186932
dc.titleA Case Study of the Symbolic Value of Community Supported Agriculture Membership
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