Community that sustains agriculture: CSA of Belo Horizonte in the light of its possibilities and challenges: Comunidade que Sustenta a Agricultura: a CSA de Belo Horizonte à luz de suas possibilidades e desafios

• Autor(a) principal: Antunes de Oliveira, Fernanda
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Diogo Pereira, Rafael, Calbino, Daniel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistaesa.com/ojs/index.php/esa/article/view/ESA27-2_comunidade_que_sustenta

Recent years have seen the advance of alternative models of consumption, which seek to restore relations between consumers and producers, such as the Community that Supports Agriculture (CSA). Following this proposal, despite the rapid expansion in Brazil, there are still gaps in scientific works that explore its practices. In order to contribute with empirical elements for the CSA movement, the present article aimed to expose the performance of the Belo Horizonte experience, evidencing its achievements and challenges. In methodological terms, a case study was adopted, based on participant observation and semi-structured interviews with farmers and coproducers. The research results presented innovative organizational practices that illustrate the potential of supporting small farmers and their families in order to provide stability and alternative paths attuned to the reality of the countryside. However, among its limits, it is worth emphasizing that as the group has expanded, the proximity between farmer and co-producer has become more difficult, which poses to the group the challenge of changing the posture from one of traditional consumption and to emphasize greater involvement and participation of CSA as a community.Keywords: CSA; Belo Horizonte; innovations; challenges.OLIVEIRA, Fernanda Antunes de; PEREIRA, Rafael Diogo; CALBINO, Daniel. Comunidade que Sustenta a Agricultura: a CSA de Belo Horizonte à luz de suas possibilidades e desafios. Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura, v. 27, n. 2, p. 371-393, jun. 2019.Submitted in april 2019.Accepted in may 2019.