Community Supported Agriculture ("CSA")

Community supported agriculture is essentially a purchase of shares in a farm, except instead of paying cash dividends, you purchase crop dividends during the season. Or maybe it's more like a bond where you clip the coupon, since very few equities pay dividends anymore. Financial metaphors aside, it can be a fun way of trying new produce.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020500865.html

Since South Mountain Veggie is currently not delivering to me, I will likely be joining a CSA againt his year.