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DIVISION 17. FRUIT, NUT, AND VEGETABLE STANDARDS 42501-49014›CHAPTER 10.5. Direct Marketing 47000-47062›ARTICLE 6. Community-Supported Agriculture 47060-47062

§ 47060

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Community-supported agriculture program” or “CSA program” means a program under which a registered California direct marketing producer, or a group of registered California direct marketing producers, grow food for a group of California consumer shareholders or subscribers who pledge or contract to buy a portion of the future crop, animal production, or both, of a registered California direct marketing producer or a group of registered California direct marketing producers.

(b) “Single-farm community-supported agriculture program” means a program in which all delivered farm products originate from and are produced at the farm of one registered California direct marketing producer, and no more than a de minimis amount of delivered farm products originate at the farms of other registered California direct marketing producers.

(c) “Multi-farm community-supported agriculture program” means a program in which all delivered farm products originate from and are produced at one or more farms of a group of registered California direct marketing producers who declare their association as a group at the time of their annual certification or by amending the annual certification during the year.

(d) “Farm” means a farm operated by a registered California direct marketing producer or a group of registered California direct marketing producers.

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 71, Sec. 62. (SB 1304) Effective January 1, 2015.)

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