Austin 360 Community-supported agriculture programs, or CSAs, have been around for more than 30 years, but when the COVID-19 pandemic started, Central Texas farmers found themselves with CSA waiting lists for the first time. A year later, the February freeze and snow wiped out many farmers' winter crops, and they have been scrambling to get the spring season started with less income from farmers markets and wholesale accounts. Many farmers are selling their future crops in the form of a CSA program. Now is the time to sign up for a spring or summer CSA, even if you might not get vegetables for a few more weeks. Many farmers offer newsletters, so you can find out when each season opens and what is going on in their fields.