Community Supported Agriculture

In order to supplement the small bounty of my future garden, I was thinking that I would like to join a community supported agriculture initiative. Sounds fancy and/or complicated, but it seems to be quite simple. Basically, a person/family can opt in and buy a share from a local farm for a season. This not only supports local agriculture, but a person is also able to get fresh, pesticide-free produce. You are supporting farm workers being paid a fair wage and medical benefits as well. Once a week, I would go downtown and pick up my produce. The only negative is that you have to pay for a season up front, which is a full 12 weeks. However, it is less expensive than buying produce from the grocery stores and a whole heck of a lot more benefits to doing so.

There is a local CSA here in Tucson and I have anxiously joined the waiting list in hopes to get in on the next season.

The link is here if you are interested in this great concept : http://www.tucsoncsa.org

Has anyone ever participated in a CSA? Opinions?