Jan Vander Tuin is a founder of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement.Just Food: The History of the CSAVanderTuin, Jan. (1992). "Zürich Supported Agriculture", RAIN magazine 14(2), Winter/Spring."Community Supported Agriculture," RAIN magazine Winter/Spring 1992. He is also a cycling activist and bicycle designer, and in 1992 started the Center for Appropriate Transport in Eugene, Oregon."CAT", Rain Magazine"Center aims to promote bike usage", Oregon Daily Emerald, September 18, 1995, p. 12c
Vander Tuin learned about co-operative biodynamic farming in Switzerland, and is credited with bringing his Swiss experience to the revival of local agriculture in the US. 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, the Network Charter School,The Network Charter School: Eugene Register-Guard, 2004 and the first car-sharing co-op in the US.Eugene Car Co-op: Getty ImagesThe CarSharer's Companion: Portland State UniversityPaul Ollswang: Eugene Car Co-opHertz and Avis get a new Competitor: Fortune magazine, November 14, 1994
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