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The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a global movement that brings together consumers and farmers around the same ideal: to offer a new form of economy, in a joint action for the production and marketing of food. Thus, to better understand this movement, we propose to investigate the work done by CSA Nossa Horta, an association located in the city of Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), which contributes to the construction of a differentiated network for the production and commercialization of food, as well as to analyze the relationships established therein. For this, we opted for qualitative research as a methodological approach, using semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The results showed that CSA Nossa Horta, besides supporting agroecological production and short marketing circuits, seeks greater involvement of its members in its management, besides encouraging and strengthening the relationships of proximity and solidarity between those who produce and those who consume, developing another look for agriculture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The residual effect of previous fertilization in subsequent crops is extremely important, since soil fertilization in such an intense activity, such as horticulture, increase the cost of production when it was implemented a new culture. This work was conducted at the Fazenda Experimental Rafael Fernandes, located in Alagoinha district, rural Mossoró-RN, in the period from november to december 2011. The objective was to evaluate the Residual effect of scarlet starglory, roostertree and Senna obtusifolia in the cultivation of rocket in succession sugar beet.The sugar beet was planted in 1.2 × 1.2 plots fertilized with me wild species, quantities: 0.6; 1.2; 1.8; 2.4 and 3.0 kg m-2 site. After the withdrawal of beetroot, seeded rocket seeds in installments related to the above mentioned treatments. The experimental design was a randomized block with three replications, in a factorial 5 x 3, five quantities and three types of green manure (scarlet starglory; roostertree and Senna obtusifolia). The cultivar planted rocket was the cultivated. The characteristics evaluated were height and number of leaves per plant, fresh, arugula sauce number and dry matter. There was interaction of the factors studied for fresh pasta and arugula number of sauces. The residual effect on the amount of 3.0 kg m-2 site contributed to the fresh weight of the order arugula 762; 684 and 713 g m-2 site, equivalent to 6.0; 5.0 and 5.0 arugula dressings scarlet starglory, roostertree and Senna obtusifolia, respectively. Scarlet starglory, roostertree and Senna obtusifolia are promising species to be used as green manure in vegetable production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]