Signing up to buy local produce direct from the farm

I am motivated to buy my food locally for a number of reasons. Yes, it's currently the "in thing," but it makes a whole lot of sense to eat food that has not been shipped from hundreds of miles away, or even from overseas, when there is an abundance of food being produced near where I live. Why use all the fossil fuel it takes to transport food all over the globe? So, I signed up for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share this spring, committing to a weekly pickup of organic vegetables from one of the local organic farms near my hometown of Fort Collins, Colorado. It's a risk: they require up-front payment for the 26-week season of $20 per week for the medium-sized share I signed up for, and as a customer, I share the risk with the farmer of the crops being damaged by hail or other weather events out of anyone's control. But I am motivated also by a desire to eat organic food as often as possible, and to eat healthier. This 26-week growing season will be an experiment for me and my family.