Community supported agriculture (CSA) as a form of sustainable consumption

• Autorzy: Ertmanska K.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Rolnictwo wspierane przez społeczność jako forma zrównoważonej konsumpcji

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article describes the activities and specificity of so-called CSA groups (Community Supported Agriculture) as one of the forms of the observable trend related to the formation of different types of informal, mutual social initiatives. Certainly such activities can be categorized as sustainable consumption. The article presents the results of research conducted on CSA groups operating in Poland. This study aims is to contribute to the discussion by combining data from basic research with a comparative analysis. The research shows that the various CSA-projects differ a lot from each other and that there is a variety of approaches within the CSA-movement.

PL

W artykule opisano działania i specyfikę grup RWS (rolnictwo wspierane przez społeczność) jako jednej z form obserwowanego trendu związanego z tworzeniem różnego rodzaju nieformalnych, wzajemnych inicjatyw społecznych. Takie działania można zaliczyć do zrównoważonej konsumpcji. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań przeprowadzonych na grupach RWS działających w Polsce. Wyniki badania powinny przyczynić się do dyskusji. Dane z badań podstawowych połączono z analizą porównawczą. Badania pokazują, że projekty RWS różnią się znacznie i że istnieje wiele podejść w ramach tego ruchu.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

community supported agriculture; sustainable consumption; consumption; community-shared agriculture zob.community supported agriculture; trend

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 14
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.51-59,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Ertmanska K.

• Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics, Westpomeranian University of Technology, Zolnierska 47, 70-210 Szczecin, Poland

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