The session will offer information about locally grown farm products and the benefits of forming a CSA along the Wasatch Front. The programs are part of a growing social movement that encourages urban and rural citizens to share responsibility for the land where their food is grown and how their food is produced.

Members, or shareholders, pay a fee at the beginning of the growing season to meet a selected farm's operating expenses for the upcoming season. In return, members receive a portion of the farm's produce each week.

Typically family-operated, CSA farms range from 3 acres to 300 acres and provide food for 10 to 200 households. Farms are highly diversified, usually growing more than 40 different vegetables, herbs and fruits. Many farms also supply meat, eggs, honey and other agriculture products. Some CSA farms provide food for up to eight months of the year by making successive plantings and using greenhouses and root cellars to extend the seasons.

For more information, contact Jeff Williams at 801-263-3204, ext. 14, or visit www.greatsaltlakercd.org.

- Dawn House