Our Community can make all the difference. Community Supported AGRiculture.

An exploration Of OUR Community.

Community Supported Agriculture consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legally or spiritually, the community's farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production. 

In a traditional CSA model…

  • Members share the risks and benefits of food production with the farmer.

  • Members buy a share of the farm’s production before each growing season.

  • In return, they receive regular distributions of the farm’s bounty throughout the season.

  • The farmer receives advance working capital, gains financial security, earns better crop prices, and benefits from the direct marketing plan.

Our plan is to create multiple demonstrations of sustainable agricultural practices, become a USDA certified organic farm, and train a new generation of farmers to take part in what will become a burgeoning agrarian society. We hope to become an incubator for regenerative organic farmers, and be an inspiration for farmers to adopt the regenerative organic practice.

Taylor Hood Farms is located in Multiple sites in and surrounding El Paso, Texas. We are a small diverse farm dedicated to educating and training community members about growing food and local food systems. We are committed to providing community members access to a variety of fresh, nutritious locally grown vegetables.

Items that we are currently growing can also be found at local Farmers' Markets, restaurants, Desert Spoon Food Hub, and Skarsgard Farms from Albuquerque. 

 

"Current business models for CSAs are diverse and innovative. Producers have adapted the CSA model to fit a variety of emerging direct marketing opportunities, including:

  • Institutional health and wellness programs;

  • Multi-farm systems to increase scale and scope;

  • Season extension technologies; and

  • Incorporating value-added products, offering flexible shares, and flexible electronic purchasing and other e-commerce marketing tools."

T. Woods, M. Ernst, and D. Tropp. Community Supported Agriculture – New Models for Changing Markets. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, April 2017. Web: https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/CSANewModelsforChangingMarketsb.pdf