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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
SUSAG 162 | Title:
CSA LATE SPRING |
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| Full Title:
Community Supported Agriculture Late Spring |
| Last Reviewed:5/14/2007 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 1.50 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 8 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 24.00 |
| Minimum | 1.50 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 8 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 24.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 48.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 72.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
AG 297.75
Catalog Description:
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Community supported agriculture (CSA) is the fastest growing small farm management and marketing tool to emerge over the last ten years, especially for the organic market. A unique approach to working directly with consumers, CSA provides a stable income and greatly reduces risk for the environmental entrepreneur. Topics will include history, theory, business plan, brochure development, consumer relations, crop planning, harvesting and packaging techniques, delivery, and financial aspects appropriate to late spring.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Community supported agriculture (CSA) is the fastest growing small farm management and marketing tool to emerge over the last ten years, especially for the organic market. A unique approach to working directly with consumers, CSA provides a stable income and greatly reduces risk for the environmental entrepreneur.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Students will:
1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of the history and theory of
CSA.
2. Identify a wide variety of key elements in the planning process of a
CSA.
3. Diagram these elements in such a way as to make transparent the
relationships and potential implications.
4. Create a business plan and professional brochure for a potential CSA.
5. Describe in detail a variety of financing approaches to CSA.
6. Demonstrate harvesting and packaging techniques.
7. Recommend appropriate quality control, delivery and feedback
processes.
Topics and Scope
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1. Survey of history of CSA development.
2. Survey of theory of CSA development.
3. Overview of business planning for CSA's.
4. Overview of brochure development for CSA's.
5. Identification of consumer relations for CSA's.
6. Identification of marketing issues for CSA's.
7. Demonstration of production, harvesting, processing and delivery.
8. Description and discussion of legal issues.
9. Description and discussion of accounting issues.
Assignments:
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1. Keep a semester journal.
2. Develop a model brochure.
3. Develop a crop timing chart.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 50% |
| Written homework, Essay exams | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
10 - 50% |
| Quizzes, Exams | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 50% |
| Class performances, Performance exams | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
20 - 50% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 0% |
| None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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None
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