More farmers selling shares of their crops

‘CSA’ farms boom from 50 in 1990 to more than 2,000 today

MILWAUKEE – Environmentalists recommend buying close to the farm. But actually buying the farm?

A growing number of people around the nation are investing in shares of a local farmer’s crop, reducing trips to the supermarket and the cost of shipping food.

The number of CSA farms has grown from about 50 in 1990 to more than 2,000 nationwide, according to a database maintained by LocalHarvest, a California-based group that supports buying locally grown food. The heaviest concentrations are in the Northeast, West Coast and upper Midwest.

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