The articles in this reader can help us gain a background and a better understanding of the concepts, principles, terminology and practices of associative economics, especially as they apply to community based farms.

Community Farms at the Turn of the Millennium: Outside the Box — But Inside the Hoop

http://www.chiron-communications.com/farms-2.html

How social business can create a world without poverty

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0215/p09s01-coop.html?page=1

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE AND ASSOCIATIVE ECONOMICS JEFF POPPEN.pdf

John Bloom Associative Economics.pdf

A WINDOW INTO TRANSPARENCY- THE DESIRE FOR CONNECTION THROUGH FINANCE JOHN BLOOM.pdf

TOWARD AN ASSOCIATIVE ECONOMY IN THE SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND FARMING MOVEMENT ROBERT KARP.pdf

TRANSFORMING CAPITAL IN THE SUSTAINABLE FOOD MOVEMENT ROBERT KARP.pdf

THE NEED FOR MULTI-STAKEHOLDER OWNERSHIP ROBERT KARP.pdf