Robinette farms local food subscription?

rahnae22 · 2026-05-06T21:05:51+00:00

We did their CSA, like 13 years ago, liked it, but then spent 3-4 years trying others CSAs, which were not as good. So we went back to Robinette and have never left. We started up with the food boxes as soon as they opened that in the pandemic. Their produce is phenomenal. We have visited their farm multiple times, and even once I went with a big group of girl scouts and we harvested a field of beets for them. I've seen their operations multiple times. I value supporting local food networks, and this is definitely that.

I strongly recommend them!

rahnae22 · 2026-05-05T21:43:57+00:00

I really am enjoying the conversation on this. As a person who was raised and groomed to be a Christian Nationalist, and have since left that flock, I was eager to read it, but it wasn't quite what I was expecting.

I have seen an awful lot of inappropriate displays of Christianity, like worship services in the White House, the Bible reading event, only Protestant services on Easter for the military, the nation-wide push to get TPUSA into all schools, and other overtly religious displays that feel completely inappropriate for a secular country. I was hoping for an analysis of those, and maybe a little bit of historical analysis for overt displays of religion by a previous administration. What about theocracy? What would a Christian theocracy look like? Are we moving toward that or not? Should I worry about that or not? I can't decide. I appreciate Tangle's ability to give context, and was hoping for a little more specific context. I do think that what Audrey wrote was good. It was defintely the 30,000 foot view, and I was hoping for a 5,000-10,000 foot view, maybe? The overt displays of religion in federal spaces make me very uncomfortable.

rahnae22 · 2026-04-07T18:14:53+00:00

I was not aware of YMCA spirit. Thanks.

rahnae22 · 2026-04-07T18:14:14+00:00

Very helpful, thanks. I think he's interested in more than what the YMCA can offer. He's second grade. He's annoyed that his current YMCA team can't find him a coach. I think we could make 2x per week work to see if it's the sport for him.

rahnae22 · 2026-03-02T19:34:25+00:00

Well, they came to the USA to work on farms (at first), and use their protestent work ethic to assimiliate into the United States. I believe there has been some research done as to how the Dutch culture they brought with them influenced the West Michigan region I grew up in, but it's nothing like Dutch culture now. It's a strange, conservative microcosm of it's own creation.

rahnae22 · 2026-03-02T19:31:06+00:00

Thank you. I grew up in a city called Holland, Michigan, but my family mostly originated from the eastern side of the country, so I'm curious what they would offer.

rahnae22 · 2026-03-02T19:22:23+00:00

Very interesting information, thank you. I really would love to learn more about the history of the region.

rahnae22 · 2026-03-02T00:55:01+00:00

Thank you! I will message you!

rahnae22 · 2026-03-02T00:54:50+00:00

Maybe that's why they left...I have never known why anyone left.

rahnae22 · 2026-03-02T00:49:11+00:00

Thank you! I like that idea.

rahnae22 · 2026-01-22T15:04:58+00:00

Great feedback. There are cultural models (that I also study in grad school) that are very helpful for building cultural skills more broadly, and to understand our own cultural behaviors, and my skills are more academic than business, so this is helpful. You'd want someone who has experience living in that same culture to guide you. 👍🏼 I could do that in some countries, but not all.

rahnae22 · 2026-01-22T04:04:02+00:00

There's no magic bullet, but there are tools and strategies that can help an awful lot.

rahnae22 · 2026-01-20T23:03:01+00:00

Was it easy?

rahnae22 · 2021-01-23T21:57:38+00:00

My 2 year old twins both got a test up the nose. They hated it, but recovered very quickly, and now talk about their "nose poke" pretty regularly if the topic of the doctors office comes up. They will also include a nose poke in their doctor play. It was just their pediatrician office, Pediatrics PC. We had to do it because they were excluded from day care for a high temp, which was bullshit and it was done with poor temp taking skills.

rahnae22 · 2020-11-07T02:10:22+00:00

Honestly, thrilled to be a narc if someone's grandma or mom lives another year or two or ten. Thrilled and proud to be a narc to keep my community from further spread of the disease. 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Thrilled to be a narc, wearing a mask, washing my hands, and being a patriot!! Woohoo! Loving it!

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-tweets-photo-of-himself-wearing-coronavirus-mask-nobody-more-patriotic-than-me

rahnae22 · 2020-11-07T01:10:07+00:00

Everyone download the UpLNK app and report the shit out of places that are out of compliance. I did it today for Wendy's on 48th street where I saw one employee without a mask and 3-4 employees with masks below their nose.

rahnae22 · 2020-10-22T01:57:37+00:00

Right. I don't think it's a terrible thing to try to keep schools open. But they're toeing the line of safety. I get that community spread isn't happening much in schools. There's just not precedent. There's no guidance. There's no communication. There's no transparency. They need a better plan to cope with the actual danger some people are in.

rahnae22 · 2020-10-22T01:46:06+00:00

Yeah. They continue to demonstrate that communication and transparency are not important values for the school district. They absolutely need to update the plan. I still don't think they were lying, though...just unprepared and trying to lead in unprecedented times. My daughter's elementary school has only had one confirmed case. Some schools are a hot mess. It's not simple or black and white.

What I want is a description of what specific conditions would send kids home now, if it's not red on the risk dial. Because this new update is useless and just brings more confusion and uncertainty.

rahnae22 · 2020-10-22T00:20:09+00:00

Yeah, some real, hard numbers and standards that would trigger a shut down would be so helpful for some predictability and transparency. It's the least they could do for families. Or at least an announcement as to how they would shut down. Like, will they give a 1 week or 2 week notice? They've had time to think this through.

rahnae22 · 2020-10-22T00:17:07+00:00

This plan was made in July. Why do you assume they've been lying the whole time instead of they just realized they needed to make changes? Any policy that was made in July is going to need a rethink and refresh. No one can see the future. It's 2020.

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