Green Phoenix Permaculture

Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is a socio-economic model of agriculture  and food distribution. A CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation where the growers and consumers share the risks and benefits of food production. CSAs usually consist of a system of weekly delivery or pick-up of vegetables and fruit in a vegetable box scheme, sometimes including dairy products and meat.

At TSH, the CSA system comprises a box system where local individuals/families pre-purchase a box of vegetables, and eggs, as well as assisting to decide on what is grown and, in some cases, assist with the actual growing harvest.

There are also opportunities for individuals to purchase live animals for meat and to take advantage of the 'facilities' to dress them. This is necessary as we do not run a NSW Health accredited butchering facility but you are able to prepare the animals yourself. We'll show you what to do and assist if necessary. :-)

The real advantage of this for local people is that they are supporting a local industry, getting good quality and fresh produce, and can obtain guilt free meat having seen where the animals are grown.

For more information on CSA schemes, check out Wikipedia.