I feared this was coming a couple of months ago when Tomato Mountain posted multiple…read moredesperate-sounding job ads for warehouse workers. Today, our delivery box arrived with $17 worth of items missing-- even though the items were checked off on the label stuck to the box, and that's a label that gets signed off on by two people. Which means, this isn't an instance of items simply going out of stock while the boxes were being filled. This is multiple staff not caring what was put in my family's delivery box, and then not caring to review to make sure that what was supposed to be there was there. My family really likes the Tomato Mountain experience, but it's absolutely unacceptable for food items to be left out of a delivery because staff are phoning it in and don't care about what they're doing. We've experienced this before with supermarket delivery, but we expected a lot more from Tomato Mountain. Especially since you select exactly the items to be delivered, this now screws up my family's meal plan for the next seven days, and we have to go scrambling to replace the items that are missing. More importantly, now we know we can't trust the service anymore. And if I can't trust my CSA, why continue? I take an extraordinarily dim view of grocery and food delivery services gratuitously screwing up delivery orders because of not paying attention. The entire reason my family orders from Tomato Mountain is to make the produce we consume better, our lives easier, and the local food system stronger. But making our lives more difficult because some staff don't care? My partner immediately suggested that we cancel our subscription. I agree. I just requested a refund on the missing items, and the cancellation of our subscription. We're shifting our produce purchases back to Whole Foods. Losing customer trust is the biggest deal there is as far as I'm concerned, and that's why this updated review is a single star.

We are enjoying the quality of produce and the variety offered, even though we are in winter. The…read morestaff are so friendly and the deliveries come like clockwork. We highly recommend!

This is a great CSA. A half bushel every week of great local vegetables from a vegan farm, and at…read morea nice price. Excellent communication by email and post, and the weekly newletter is informative and not overwhelming. Tried other CSAs in the past, and this is the best. No month long beet avalanches. The amount and variety worked out well for a family of four, including small, picky kids. Remember to sign up early in the year, they sell out. Then you'll just have yo hunt them down at farmers' markets.

If you want the best of local purveyors of food and produce, delivered to your door, contact Fresh…read morePicks! Last week I had BangBang Chicken Pot Pies from them...the best I've had in my life. So yummy! They find the best of the best and literally bring it to your door! And the produce so fresh...you can taste the difference.

They are a company holding on to the values of real health a nutrition the essence of life so…read moresupport them for their great efforts and beautiful friendly customer service and eat real non gmo foods god bless, hold the line.

A very cool working organic farm that is taking big steps towards connecting community with their…read morefood. They offer workshops and camps for the kids but also provide education for adults interested in farming or just self sufficiency. I helped last year at one of their volunteer events and we planted all sorts of trees for the estabilshment of a food forest. Apples, Pears, hazelnuts, horseradish, asparagus, plums... and more. Can't wait until that matures!

From the owner: We operate a 60 member CSA, host a Farm Camp for 2 months during the summer and offer adult…read moreeducation for sustainable farming and gardening.

We were greeted with a welcome drink - the gin and tonic (made from grains from the farm) was…read morerefreshing and smooth. Our evening began with a short farm tour where we walked among the vegetable patches from which our meal would be prepared. The tour host highlighted various foods which we would be tasting (buckeye, kohlrabi, carrots and garlic to name a few). After the 15 minute walk about, we were seated at long tables with other guests and the 6 course feast began! Fresh baked bread, crisp veggies with unique sauces, and perfectly prepared mains with interesting flavors were paired with wines and spirits from the farm. The sun setting over the 6 foot high corn surrounding us was beautiful and capped off a wonderful evening!

Unbelievably cool Farm-to-Table event surrounding a local artist's showcase. Each dish was…read moreincredibly fresh, and was paired with either their own wines/spirits or locally created beverages. Very clean, neat, and timely in their presentations. A truly memorable experience.

Call before you go!!! The store was VERY limited. The prices…read moreare the same or higher than those in Chicago stores. For example: 4oz goat cheese was $9. That's pretty outrageous. It was only us (myself, 2 kids and grandma). It took me a min to find where the actual store was. After the store, we let the kiddos run on the grass and play on tractor tires. I get the idea of a family farm, but the prices should be more accessible.

I have been a member for 3 years getting vegetables in spring, summer and fall and fruits in…read moresummer. They even started a winter share with fruits they froze from the summer harvest. This CSA has a great variety of vegetables and fruits. They partner with other organic farms or local orchards to deliver their customers more variety. They even have eggs, meat, dairy, honey and jams. I would pick up my shares at the Grayslake farm every Thursdays and that was always a time I looked forward to. Always friendly staff, helpful weekly emails that would tell you what was in your share and recipes to use them. I had to move out of state a few months ago and this CSA is one of the thing I miss the most.

Great products, they even offer some gluten free things. Fun to interact with animalsread more

I always purchase from them at the Wheaton farmers market. I love their soups and chocolate chip…read morecookies. I stopped by the farm in Elburn. They have tons of goats and give you veggies to feed them for free. My son loved it! There's meat, veggies, desserts, soups, and some premade dinners for purchase.