Hello; western Massachusetts,USA

[Agman1]

Hello All, Just stumbled onto this site. Been making cheese from our own herd of goats for 14+ years, sold from our farm stand to a private "CSA" clientele.We make 6 flavors of soft fresh, brine aged feta, and cheddar, and am playing with a bleau. we are an organic farm and also raise and process the major ingredients for the cheeses

[Mondequay]

Welcome Agman! I am also in Western MA making cheese with milk from local goats and cows.

[Cheese Head]

Welcome Agman, for the hobbyists here like me, what is CSA?

Glad to have you here and looking forward to advice!

[FarmerJd]

Welcome to the forum.

[DeejayDebi]

Welcome Agman! I am next door in SE CT.

[Alex]

Welcome Agman, for the hobbyists here like me, what is CSA?

Glad to have you here and looking forward to advice!

I'm not sure, but in this case it should stand for: Community Supported Agriculture

[Cheese Head]

Alex correct, sorry Agman1 PM'd me this description:

Hi

CSA = Community Supported Agriculture, in the predominant form a farmer sells shares in an future growing season at a set price, shareholders get an allotment of the harvest as the various crops come in. In our case we have a limited membership that are able to buy various farm products cheese being one of them, we would rather limit the number of members and match production to market, it does essentially the same thing as a conventional CSA, "guaranteeing" an income to the farmer.  The CSA products are only a part of what we do on the farm.

Hope this helps.