Jan Vander Tuin
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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]
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- ^ Just Food: The History of the CSA
- ^ VanderTuin, Jan. (1992). "Zürich Supported Agriculture", RAIN magazine 14(2), Winter/Spring.
- ^ "Community Supported Agriculture," RAIN magazine Winter/Spring 1992.
- ^ "CAT", Rain Magazine
- ^ "Center aims to promote bike usage", Oregon Daily Emerald, September 18, 1995, p. 12c
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- ^ The Network Charter School: Eugene Register-Guard, 2004
- ^ Eugene Car Co-op: Getty Images
- ^ The CarSharer's Companion: Portland State University
- ^ Paul Ollswang: Eugene Car Co-op
- ^ Hertz and Avis get a new Competitor: Fortune magazine, November 14, 1994
