Reviews for: Robinette Farms

We've been Robinette CSA customers for 2 years now. Don't dally during sign-up time in the spring our you'll miss out. These shares sell out fast. The volume and variety of produce is fantastic, and not only do you get fresh veggies, you get a weekly newsletter with farm news, recipes and ideas for how to prepare your bounty. We've had everything from the typical greens, tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots to more exotic fare like yellow watermelon, garlic scapes, pink beets, and fennel. Each Wednesday, we go to Leon's parking lot to select from different varieties of vegetables. They don't just hand you a sack of produce, YOU get to pick everything out! Alex and Chloe are great people and great stewards of the environment and their land. Through local fundraising, they just purchased their farm this year, and two Belgian horses to do the heavy-duty work. I can't say enough great things about Robinette. A medium share is what our family of 4 uses, and sometimes it's almost too much for us to eat all in one week. You can sign up for smaller shares, and this year they offered a bi-weekly share. They also sell farm-raised lamb and pork, and though we've never tried it, there is a weekly gelato share as well.

This farm aims to please!

I have been a member for three years now, and bought shares in both the summer and fall for two years. They have excellent quality vegetables; I often eat something from my share as soon as I get home from my pick-up. There is quite a bit of variety and even options within a specific vegetable. For example, when eggplants were in season, they had several types of eggplants from which to choose.

Choice is what I like best about Robinette Farms. I have bought shares from other CSAs in the past and was accustomed to getting a box of produce with no control over the contents. Robinette Farms sets up a canopy, much like a stall at the Farmers Market, and members choose which item they want: I can pick a large cucumber or a small one. And then there is the "Trade Basket". At one end of the stall there is a basket where the member can trade one item for another. So if I do not want something in this week's share, say spinach, and someone else has left something that I do want, I just swap it.

Robinette Farms offers a range of sizes of shares in their summer CSA from mini to large. They have two pick-up days and locations. Their website is easy to navigate, making it a snap to buy a share.

I can't speak much for the produce, but I can say the customer service was poor. I found out about Robinette Farms through local harvest and gave them a call. After getting in touch with them on a Saturday, they mentioned that they only had a few shares left so if I wanted one I should call them back soon. I hung up, researched some other CSA's and then decided I'd try Robinette. I gave them a call the same day and no one picked up. Called again multiple times Sunday and Monday and left a message and still no response. I thought maybe they were ignoring my number, so I had my wife called them Tuesday, sure enough they answered and said they were sold out. We were pretty disappointed about that. I can understand if they at least answered my call or returned it and/or left a message saying they sold out. But I think that's pretty lame if you just don't return a call at all. I despise bad customer service. Hopefully others have had better luck that I. I will try my luck elsewhere.