Adding to undersuit's response, here's a wapo article about the CSA scene in the D.C. area (in 2015): http://wapo.st/1AlQgSF http://wapo.st/1AlQgSF Basically y

Adding to undersuit's response, here's a wapo article about the CSA scene in the D.C. area (in 2015): http://wapo.st/1AlQgSF http://wapo.st/1AlQgSF Basically you pay a set amount directly to the farm ahead of the harvest season and get weekly boxes of a variety of different veggies (and some bigger ones will also do meats and cheeses). Typical they cost around $30-40/week in this area, but can also be considerably more than that. Usually pick up at a local farmers' market is necessary. We lucked out with delivery to our door so some added value in that case for people in larger cities.