Jan Vander Tuin is a founder of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is also a cycling activist and bicycle designer, and in 1992 started the Center for Appropriate Transport in Eugene, Oregon. [5] [6]
Vander Tuin learned about co-operative biodynamic farming in Switzerland, [7] [8] and is credited with bringing his Swiss experience to the revival of local agriculture in the US. [9] Vander Tuin settled in Eugene, Oregon in 1990. He started building workbikes under the name Human Powered Machines. Under the umbrella of the Center for Appropriate Transport, he nurtured a bicycle repair school, [10] the Network Charter School, [11] [12] and the first car-sharing co-op in the US. [13] [14] [15] [16]
The practice was brought to New England in 1984 by Jan Vander Tuin, a Swiss farmer, according to several Web sites maintained by the movement.
Jan Vander Tuin is a founder of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is also a cycling activist and bicycle designer, and in 1992 started the Center for Appropriate Transport in Eugene, Oregon. [5] [6]
Vander Tuin learned about co-operative biodynamic farming in Switzerland, [7] [8] and is credited with bringing his Swiss experience to the revival of local agriculture in the US. [9] Vander Tuin settled in Eugene, Oregon in 1990. He started building workbikes under the name Human Powered Machines. Under the umbrella of the Center for Appropriate Transport, he nurtured a bicycle repair school, [10] the Network Charter School, [11] [12] and the first car-sharing co-op in the US. [13] [14] [15] [16]
The practice was brought to New England in 1984 by Jan Vander Tuin, a Swiss farmer, according to several Web sites maintained by the movement.