CSA supports small-scale farming or non-factory farming.  Very large, factory type farms have huge purchasing power and typically are vertically integrated.  They hire illegal immigrants and use tons of chemicals to prop up very unnatural farming systems.  Small-scale farming doesn’t do any of this.  Your food is lovingly handled by hand with care and that just takes a little more.  When you spend money at your traditional Tennessee grocery store the farmer actually receives 9 cents on every dollar.  Our farmers receive between 50-65 cents of every dollar! 

If anyone is still sensitive over price... consider this.  When you go to McDonalds and eat a Chicken McNugget, you're paying over $20 per pound for something that doesn't even resemble chicken anymore.  Next time you put a strawberry candy in your mouth... ask yourself "Does this really taste like strawberry?"  Now think about the value of what you paid versus what you got out of it.  Try it and you'll be shocked to find your mind has accepted what the world has programmed you to accept... you've, in essence, been brainwashed.  Processed foods do NOT taste like what they're supposed to taste like and they are NOT of value to your health or pocketbook.