Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) projects are established and thriving all over the U.S. and around the world.
The concept is fairly simple; shareholders pay for a share of produce from the garden prior to planting, removing the need for capitalization from more expensive sources. The risk of the crop year as well as the benefits are shared between all the shareholders and the farmers ensuring that the produce has a market before it goes in the ground. The simple and direct function of a CSA means that the greatest effort always goes into growing great food and not into marketing and transportation.