Matt Middleton does an awesome job supplying us with produce that we want and can actually use. Planning on canning tomatoes? Give him advanced notice and your next share can be all tomatoes!
He also updates his website to let us know what vegetables we will can expect in that week's share. His newsletter is weekly during the harvest season and monthly the rest of the year. It is packed with information about the vegetables, goings on at the farm, and recipes.
The best part is, we choose what is in our harvest share. I don't have to take items I can't use and I can take more of items that I want (if availability allows).
I have recently become a beef customer of his and this is also great! He offers both grain-fed as well as the healthier, leaner grass-fed.
Also, he has offered add-ons to the harvest shares. Currently, he offers eggs (last year I had many double yolk eggs) and is adding goat cheese these year (can't wait)!
Lastly, he also has options to donate on his website! I know his first year, he donated left-over produce to his local food pantry so nothing goes to waste. Many farms compost their left-overs.
The Middleton Farm CSA has been a great experience and we will continue to be customers of his as long as he offers it.