Jan Vander Tuin is a founder of theCommunity Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement.[1][2][3][4] He is also a cycling activist and bicycle designer, and in 1992 started theCenter for Appropriate Transport inEugene, Oregon.[5][6]
Vander Tuin learned about co-operativebiodynamic farming inSwitzerland,[7][8] and is credited with bringing his Swiss experience to the revival of local agriculture in the US.[9]Vander Tuin settled in Eugene, Oregon in 1990. He started building workbikes under the name Human Powered Machines. Under the umbrella of theCenter for Appropriate Transport, he nurtured a bicycle repair school,[10] theNetwork Charter School,[11][12] and the firstcar-sharing co-op in the US.[13][14][15][16]
- ^"History of Community Supported Agriculture: Rodale Institute". Archived fromthe original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved2011-10-16.
- ^Just Food: The History of the CSA
- ^VanderTuin, Jan. (1992). "Zürich Supported Agriculture",RAIN magazine 14(2), Winter/Spring.
- ^"Community Supported Agriculture,"RAIN magazine Winter/Spring 1992.
- ^"CAT", Rain Magazine
- ^"Center aims to promote bike usage", Oregon Daily Emerald, September 18, 1995, p. 12c
- ^Leo McMahon (November 14, 2013)."Transition Town Kinsale leads the way in community-supported projects with local farmers".The Southern Star. Archived fromthe original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved19 August 2015.
- ^Raheli S. Millman (August 8, 2004)."ENVIRONMENT; Food Shoppers? Call Them Shareholders".The New York Times. RetrievedAugust 19, 2015.
The practice was brought to New England in 1984 by Jan Vander Tuin, a Swiss farmer, according to several Web sites maintained by the movement.
- ^Steven McFadden."Part I: Community Farms in the 21st Century: Poised for Another Wave of Growth?".The Rodale Institute. Archived fromthe original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved19 August 2015.
- ^"Eugene Bicycle Works: University of Oregon". Archived fromthe original on 2016-04-03. Retrieved2016-03-21.
- ^"Network Charter School proposal". Archived fromthe original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved2016-03-21.
- ^The Network Charter School:Eugene Register-Guard, 2004
- ^Eugene Car Co-op: Getty Images
- ^The CarSharer's Companion: Portland State University
- ^Paul Ollswang: Eugene Car Co-op
- ^Hertz and Avis get a new Competitor:Fortune magazine, November 14, 1994
