Lakefield farmer Katie Jackson said the future of sustainable agriculture is a partnership between growers and consumers.

Jackson, who was one of 75 vendors at the seventh annual Green Expo at the Evinrude Centre on Saturday, caught the attention of children walking by with her cage full of clucking Chantecler chickens.

Jackson’s farm, called Tracker’s Drift Farm Education Centre, uses the principles of Community Shared Agriculture (CSA), which is basically when consumers invest in a farmer’s crop.

“Last year about 20 families came to the farm once a week to share in the harvest,” she said. “Some stay and work for fun, others don’t. It’s also a learning experience for kids.”

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From the Peterborough Examiner- April 26, 2010