CSA

aka Community Supported Agriculture

subscribe to food output of a Family Farm; Local Food

http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/

http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

New York City: http://www.justfood.org/csa/

Barrington Il:

• BarringtonNaturalFarms http://www.barrington-natural-farms.com/ beef (25lb min!), chicken, eggs
  • 2014: they have a produce CSA now, too - $600/season
• http://www.localharvest.org/search-csa.jsp?lat=42.194267&lon=-88.13552&scale=11&ty=6&co=1&nm=
• Gentleman Farmer http://www.gentleman-farmer.com/ http://www.localharvest.org/the-gentleman-farmer-M42942
• Radical Root (pick up in Grayslake Il - 40min away) http://radicalrootfarm.com/
• Walkup Heritage Farm - mostly sells plants, but has chicken-meat CSA http://www.walkupheritagefarm.com/
• related: Grass-Fed meats http://www.eatwild.com/products/illinois.html
  • http://www.illinoisfarmdirect.org/
  • The Meat Goat (Wisconsin) http://themeatgoat.com/ delivers free, but $100 minimum
    • have beef, chicken, pork, but the beef actually comes from Otter Creek Organic Farm http://www.ottercreekorganicfarm.com/
      • that beef is otherwise only available through a couple Wisconsin stores http://www.shopmetcalfes.com/

more-packaged business: http://www.springwise.com/weekly/2006-07-18.htm#organic

also Labor Union representing school principals? http://www.csa-nyc.org/