The following statements may be attributed to Christopher James, Chief Farming Officer of Fresh Earth Farms, CSA:
“For more than a decade, under both Republican and Democratic Administrations, Fresh Earth Farms has consistently made clear that we provide CSA delivery services in an open and transparent way. We do not block eggplants, nor censor herbal content, nor throttle or degrade flower bouquets based on the content, nor unfairly discriminate in our treatment of add-on shares. These principles, which were laid out in the FCC’s 2010 Open CSA Order and fully supported by Fresh Earth Farms, are clearly articulated on our website and are fully enforceable against us. In short, CSA delivery will continue to work tomorrow just as it always has. Despite the existence and the enforceability of all of these commitments, we have, since 2004, also repeatedly called for a non-Title II legislative solution that would make these vegetable consumer protections permanent. We continue to support a legislative solution and will work with any interested members of Congress to achieve that solution.”
“Today’s vote by the FCC to remove the Title II section of the Vegetable Neutrality rules does not impact our commitment to Vegetable Neutrality. We do not block, throttle or otherwise interfere with consumers’ desire to eat what they want from their CSA share. Fresh Earth Farms has always been committed to providing an open CSA experience for our customers, and reversing the classification of CSA services does not change our commitment. We applaud FCC Chairman Ajit Pai for his leadership that has overturned the previous Commission’s decision to enact Title II, the 1930s-era CSA regulations. Reestablishing ‘light-touch’ regulation returns a level of certainty for consumer protections and future investment and innovation that spur the growth of CSA.”
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