The Power of 1%: How Your Local Food Choices Change Your Community

There’s a revolution happening — and it starts at your dinner table.

When you choose local food, you’re doing something extraordinary. You’re not just checking “groceries” off your list. You’re shaping the future of how food is grown, shared, and valued in your community.

Every time you choose to buy from a local farmer, rancher, or food producer, you’re sending a message: this matters. 

You’re saying yes to the people who wake up before dawn to care for animals, tend crops, and steward the land with purpose.

You’re saying yes to food with a story, to knowing where it comes from and who grew it.

That choice ripples outward. It keeps money circulating locally. It helps new growers find opportunity. It sustains open spaces and healthy soils. It builds trust and relationships across kitchen tables and fencerows.

And it nourishes you — not just with better food, but with a sense of belonging to something real.

It’s easy to underestimate the power of one household, one decision, one purchase.

But here’s the truth: if just 1% of our population committed to buying local food regularly, we would see an incredible transformation in our regional food systems.

More farms would thrive. More communities would have access to fresh, honest food. More land would be managed for long-term health and resilience.

You can be part of this change by shifting your choice of what to buy every week.

At Robinette Farms, we see the difference your choices make every day — in the farmers who find financial stability through your support, in the land that grows healthier under thoughtful care, and in the community that gathers around shared values and good food.

So thank you — for believing in local food, for choosing connection over convenience, and for walking alongside us in this work.

We value you, your input, and your continued involvement in shaping a better food future.

Because of you, local food doesn't just have to survive; it can thrive.

The one step you can take today is to join Robinette Farms' Local Food Subscription.

Here at Robinette, we believe that great food transforms people and the land, and we can't do it without YOU.

Not local to eastern Nebraska? Find a farmer near you by checking out www.localharvest.org.