Lizz is Lake Divide's fearless Harvest Manager! It's her third year with Lake Divide, and her relentless spirit has helped propel the farm toward happiness and sustainability. Despite the strain of having to coordinate multiple field teams, Lizz still finds time to to enjoy the small things □
Mae, Eva and Lauren are working their way through the first socially distanced Kale harvest of the week. Our harvest numbers may have grown dramatically over the years, but our team has as well! Go team!
The army of tomatoes is on its way!
I glanced over my email from last week and realized I sounded like a tired toddler. A bit of rambling. A few non sequitur statements. I am afraid this week won't be that much better. Let our pictures speak for us this time around.
In this email:
Generally Important Notes:
Market Details: Pick-up locations and times. Only Change this week is online ordering for Ann Arbor Wednesday. On site vegetable sales for all markets.
The Ann Arbor Farmers Market, Wednesday with Lizz! 7 am to 3 pm, Pre-ordering, curbside pick-up, On site vegetables sales! Pre-ordering from Tuesday afternoon until Tuesday midnight.
All orders must be picked up by 1 pm.
The market runs until 3 pm but we may leave early so it is important that you pick up your order by 1 pm.
For curbside pick-up: Email us to let us know. On market day, pull up and park along Detroit street and tell a volunteer your name and that you are picking up an order from Lake Divide.
Check out the A2 website for information on what to expect.
Northville, Thursday with Kathryn! 8 am- 3 pm, pre-order, walk-up or curbside, on site vegetables!
Ordering will be open from Tuesday afternoon until Wednesday at 3:30 pm
If you would like curbside pick-up, please include a note with your order indicating so. We will email you with a phone number to text (call if needed, text preferred) when you arrive to pick-up your order.
Stockbridge, Friday with Malcolm! 4 pm- 7 pm, pre-order, walk-up or curbside, on site vegetables!
We will be at the market with your orders from 4 pm to 7 pm!
We may have some produce available for direct purchase.
The Ann Arbor Farmers Market, Saturday with Alyssa: 7 am to 3 pm, pre-order walk-up or curbside pick-up, on site vegetables!. All orders must be picked up by 1 pm.
The market runs until 3 pm but we may leave early so it is important that you pick up your order by 1 pm.
For curbside pick-up: Email us to let us know. On market day, pull up and park along Detroit street and tell a volunteer your name and that you are picking up an order from Lake Divide.
Check out the A2 website for information on what to expect.
Eastern, Saturday with Kyla! 7 am to 2:30 pm, pre-order, walk-up or curbside, onsite purchases. NEW MARKET ATTENDANT: KYLA! Shana is on a bike trip and will be back in July. In the meantime, Kyla will be at market to divie up the goods!
We will be set up in our usual summer location (from last season) in Shed 2, close to the center and on the East side of the aisle that heads towards Shed 3. Look for our sign and for Kyla!You will have to park and walk up to pick-up our order. Please wear a face covering (even just a cloth) and respect the social distancing guidelines and stay 6' from each other and us.
*If you feel strongly or need to have a trunk pick-up because you are high risk, please email me and I can arrange to have your order dropped at your car.
Royal Oak, Saturday with Kathryn and Annie! 7 am to 1 pm, pre-order, walk-up or curbside, onsite purchases.
Find us inside in our usual spot.
*If you feel strongly or need to have a trunk pick-up because you are high risk, please email me and I can arrange to have your order dropped at your car. I will email you the instructions Friday after all orders are in.
Farmington, Saturday with Helen! 9 am to 2 pm, pre-order, walk-up or curbside, onsite purchases.
Thanks for the warm welcome at Farmington! We appreciate it. Even with the strange COVID year, we can tell that the Farmington Market Community is one to be happy to belong to.
Ordering: How to Register with Local Line
If you have already registered with Local Line, just log in and use your account to order. If you haven't already done it, please make sure your account name is in the format Lastname.First as in Chandler.Helen or Neumann.Jim. This isn't required but it helps us when we are entering data, packing, and handling pick ups.
If you still need to register with Local Line, follow these instructions. To avoid difficulty, PLEASE READ THROUGH THESE INSTRUCTIONS:
How to create a Local Line Account
Lizz ate the farm's first cherry tomato of the year. It was one of the round, orange morsels that we all (mostly all) so love to stuff our faces with. I can't believe that it truly won't be long before we are in tomato heaven.
Last week we planted out our wintersquash, the last round of tomatoes and peppers, and we direct seeded another round of salad mix along with some other fan favorites (cilantro, dill, radishes).
We passed a milestone this past weekend: The Summer Solstice! How did we get to the tippy top of the year's day already? There is no slowing down now. We are barreling down the hill with our feet off the pedals! We must take advantage of every last drop of daylight that we roll through. The biggest task on the list right now is preparing more ground. We need to acres more ready to plant in the next 3-4 weeks. We must mow, plow, disc, add nutrients, and create the beds. This takes time so we better get on it!
And to maintain an active role in the push for racial justice, I signed up for updates about the 2020 election cycle from BLM’s #WhatMatters2020 campaign. Here is a link to more information about that. Below is information about the #WhatMatters2020 campaign. I encourage you to sign-up too.BLM’s #WhatMatters2020 is a campaign aimed to maximize the impact of the BLM movement by galvanizing BLM supporters and allies to the polls in the 2020 U.S Presidential Election to build collective power and ensure candidates are held accountable for the issues that systematically and disproportionately impact Black and under-served communities across the nation.
BLM’s #WhatMatters2020 will focus on issues concerning racial injustice, police brutality, criminal justice reform, Black immigration, economic injustice, LGBTQIA+ and human rights, environmental injustice, access to healthcare, access to quality education, and voting rights and suppression.
This initiative will inspire and motivate people to ask themselves and their candidates are you really addressing What Matters in 2020?
Find out more about our campaign goals and focus.
I also encourage my fellow white people to stay outraged, stay focused, and stay in the uncomfortable place of awareness. It would be easy to let all the feelings that have risen up over the last month to sink back into the background. That is part of white privilege. That is something that people of color aren't able to do because they are faced with systemic racism every day. Don't succumb. Use those feelings of discomfort to take an action- one action towards positive change this week. Read something, have a conversation, sign a petition, show up to a protest.
And I am keeping Mariame Kaba's words below for at least one more week. It is in our hearts. We are taking measured moves to be sustainable contributors. We are in it for the long haul.
“Questions I regularly ask myself when I'm outraged about injustice:
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?”
-Mariame Kaba (@prisonculture)
Who she is in her own words: My name is Mariame Kaba. I’m an organizer, educator and curator. My work focuses on ending violence, dismantling the prison industrial complex, transformative justice and supporting youth leadership development. After over 20 years of living and organizing in Chicago, I moved back to my hometown of New York City in May 2016.
All the best to you and your family.
Helen and the team.
Lake Divide Farm: Good for the Earth, Good for the Farmers, Good for the People. The Trifecta of sustainability. Good for the earth: Taking care of the natural world is a important, after all, it takes care of us; Good for the farmer: We believe farmers should have livable hours and livable wages; Good for the people: We believe in food equality and bringing our produce to market at an affordable price and keeping it accessible is important to us.
Fresh From the Field!
Greens:
Cabbage- Napa
Head Lettuce- Red Ruffle Leaf, Green Ruffle Leaf, Green Romaine
Kale- Green Curly, Red Curly, Red Russian, Siber Frills
Microgreens! Mustard Mix & Just Arugula
Pea Shoots
Salad Mix- Delicious mix of loose leaf lettuces!
Swiss Chard- It is aces I tells ya! Aces!
All manner of deliciousness:
Kohlrabi- Round, cruchy, sweet, juicy.
Garlic Scapes
Scallions
Summer Squash- just coming in. This will be the last week it is limited.
Sweet Salad Turnips! These turnips are to die for and the greens are out of this world.
Sweet Snap Peas- Our peas at Ann Arbor, peas from our neighboring farm Tantre at Royal Oak, Eastern, and Farmington
Herbs:
Mint
Oregano
Parlsey
Sage
Thyme
Coming Soon:
Cabbage
Carrots
I glanced over my email from last week and realized I sounded like a tired toddler. A bit of rambling. A few non sequitur statements. I am afraid this week won't be that much better. Let our pictures speak for us this time around.
In this email:
- Generally important notes.
- Market Details- Pre-ordering is open for all markets. Get your order for Ann Arbor Wednesday in today!
- Ordering: How to register with Local Line
- Notes from the farm and a reminder about sustained action- Sign up to be informed about BLM's #WhatMatters2020 campaign
- Fresh From the Field- What are we bringing to market this week?
Generally Important Notes:
- There is a small preordering window for Ann Arbor Wednesday. Ordering opens now and goes until midnight tonight (Tuesday 6/23)
- FARM MEMBERS! Thank you for the leeway! Your balances have been updated. Additionally, if you are new member, thank you for your patience while we added you to our mailing list.
- We are less likely to sell out online. While we still encourage you to order online, it is likley that we will have all that you need at markets.
- If you see that there are no dates available to order and it is not between Tuesday PM after the email and Thursday at midnight, that is because ordering is not open. Don't be alarmed! It will be open during those times.
- If you know that you are going to be shopping with us this season and are not yet a farm member, I encourage you to consider signing up for our Farm Membership. It is low risk (your balance won't expire) and it has a great effect on our farm, especially in this labor intensive time of year while the crops are slowly ramping up. Find more information about that here. I also want to thank all the people that have already joined our farm-ly. You are knitting together a strange spring and keeping us u[lifted.
Market Details: Pick-up locations and times. Only Change this week is online ordering for Ann Arbor Wednesday. On site vegetable sales for all markets.
The Ann Arbor Farmers Market, Wednesday with Lizz! 7 am to 3 pm, Pre-ordering, curbside pick-up, On site vegetables sales! Pre-ordering from Tuesday afternoon until Tuesday midnight.
All orders must be picked up by 1 pm.
The market runs until 3 pm but we may leave early so it is important that you pick up your order by 1 pm.
For curbside pick-up: Email us to let us know. On market day, pull up and park along Detroit street and tell a volunteer your name and that you are picking up an order from Lake Divide.
Check out the A2 website for information on what to expect.
Northville, Thursday with Kathryn! 8 am- 3 pm, pre-order, walk-up or curbside, on site vegetables!
Ordering will be open from Tuesday afternoon until Wednesday at 3:30 pm
If you would like curbside pick-up, please include a note with your order indicating so. We will email you with a phone number to text (call if needed, text preferred) when you arrive to pick-up your order.
Stockbridge, Friday with Malcolm! 4 pm- 7 pm, pre-order, walk-up or curbside, on site vegetables!
We will be at the market with your orders from 4 pm to 7 pm!
We may have some produce available for direct purchase.
The Ann Arbor Farmers Market, Saturday with Alyssa: 7 am to 3 pm, pre-order walk-up or curbside pick-up, on site vegetables!. All orders must be picked up by 1 pm.
The market runs until 3 pm but we may leave early so it is important that you pick up your order by 1 pm.
For curbside pick-up: Email us to let us know. On market day, pull up and park along Detroit street and tell a volunteer your name and that you are picking up an order from Lake Divide.
Check out the A2 website for information on what to expect.
Eastern, Saturday with Kyla! 7 am to 2:30 pm, pre-order, walk-up or curbside, onsite purchases. NEW MARKET ATTENDANT: KYLA! Shana is on a bike trip and will be back in July. In the meantime, Kyla will be at market to divie up the goods!
We will be set up in our usual summer location (from last season) in Shed 2, close to the center and on the East side of the aisle that heads towards Shed 3. Look for our sign and for Kyla!You will have to park and walk up to pick-up our order. Please wear a face covering (even just a cloth) and respect the social distancing guidelines and stay 6' from each other and us.
*If you feel strongly or need to have a trunk pick-up because you are high risk, please email me and I can arrange to have your order dropped at your car.
Royal Oak, Saturday with Kathryn and Annie! 7 am to 1 pm, pre-order, walk-up or curbside, onsite purchases.
Find us inside in our usual spot.
*If you feel strongly or need to have a trunk pick-up because you are high risk, please email me and I can arrange to have your order dropped at your car. I will email you the instructions Friday after all orders are in.
Farmington, Saturday with Helen! 9 am to 2 pm, pre-order, walk-up or curbside, onsite purchases.
Thanks for the warm welcome at Farmington! We appreciate it. Even with the strange COVID year, we can tell that the Farmington Market Community is one to be happy to belong to.
Ordering: How to Register with Local Line
If you have already registered with Local Line, just log in and use your account to order. If you haven't already done it, please make sure your account name is in the format Lastname.First as in Chandler.Helen or Neumann.Jim. This isn't required but it helps us when we are entering data, packing, and handling pick ups.
If you still need to register with Local Line, follow these instructions. To avoid difficulty, PLEASE READ THROUGH THESE INSTRUCTIONS:
How to create a Local Line Account
- Head to the link at the bottom of these steps.
- Register using the green button to the right.
- You will be asked to enter a bunch of information and there are a two things that are very important
- Be sure to use the email address that this email went to. If you don't, you may be asked to pay using a credit card.
- Please use the Lastname.First for the Account name. (Your last name follow by a period followed by your first name, with no spaces. For example Chandler.Helen)
- You will then need to verify your email address by going to your email inbox and responding to the email that comes from Local Line.
- At last! You can order!
- Here is the link to use to create your Local Line account: https://www.localline.ca/lakedividefarm
Lizz ate the farm's first cherry tomato of the year. It was one of the round, orange morsels that we all (mostly all) so love to stuff our faces with. I can't believe that it truly won't be long before we are in tomato heaven.
Last week we planted out our wintersquash, the last round of tomatoes and peppers, and we direct seeded another round of salad mix along with some other fan favorites (cilantro, dill, radishes).
We passed a milestone this past weekend: The Summer Solstice! How did we get to the tippy top of the year's day already? There is no slowing down now. We are barreling down the hill with our feet off the pedals! We must take advantage of every last drop of daylight that we roll through. The biggest task on the list right now is preparing more ground. We need to acres more ready to plant in the next 3-4 weeks. We must mow, plow, disc, add nutrients, and create the beds. This takes time so we better get on it!
And to maintain an active role in the push for racial justice, I signed up for updates about the 2020 election cycle from BLM’s #WhatMatters2020 campaign. Here is a link to more information about that. Below is information about the #WhatMatters2020 campaign. I encourage you to sign-up too.BLM’s #WhatMatters2020 is a campaign aimed to maximize the impact of the BLM movement by galvanizing BLM supporters and allies to the polls in the 2020 U.S Presidential Election to build collective power and ensure candidates are held accountable for the issues that systematically and disproportionately impact Black and under-served communities across the nation.
BLM’s #WhatMatters2020 will focus on issues concerning racial injustice, police brutality, criminal justice reform, Black immigration, economic injustice, LGBTQIA+ and human rights, environmental injustice, access to healthcare, access to quality education, and voting rights and suppression.
This initiative will inspire and motivate people to ask themselves and their candidates are you really addressing What Matters in 2020?
Find out more about our campaign goals and focus.
I also encourage my fellow white people to stay outraged, stay focused, and stay in the uncomfortable place of awareness. It would be easy to let all the feelings that have risen up over the last month to sink back into the background. That is part of white privilege. That is something that people of color aren't able to do because they are faced with systemic racism every day. Don't succumb. Use those feelings of discomfort to take an action- one action towards positive change this week. Read something, have a conversation, sign a petition, show up to a protest.
And I am keeping Mariame Kaba's words below for at least one more week. It is in our hearts. We are taking measured moves to be sustainable contributors. We are in it for the long haul.
“Questions I regularly ask myself when I'm outraged about injustice:
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?”
-Mariame Kaba (@prisonculture)
Who she is in her own words: My name is Mariame Kaba. I’m an organizer, educator and curator. My work focuses on ending violence, dismantling the prison industrial complex, transformative justice and supporting youth leadership development. After over 20 years of living and organizing in Chicago, I moved back to my hometown of New York City in May 2016.
All the best to you and your family.
Helen and the team.
Lake Divide Farm: Good for the Earth, Good for the Farmers, Good for the People. The Trifecta of sustainability. Good for the earth: Taking care of the natural world is a important, after all, it takes care of us; Good for the farmer: We believe farmers should have livable hours and livable wages; Good for the people: We believe in food equality and bringing our produce to market at an affordable price and keeping it accessible is important to us.
Fresh From the Field!
Greens:
Cabbage- Napa
Head Lettuce- Red Ruffle Leaf, Green Ruffle Leaf, Green Romaine
Kale- Green Curly, Red Curly, Red Russian, Siber Frills
Microgreens! Mustard Mix & Just Arugula
Pea Shoots
Salad Mix- Delicious mix of loose leaf lettuces!
Swiss Chard- It is aces I tells ya! Aces!
All manner of deliciousness:
Kohlrabi- Round, cruchy, sweet, juicy.
Garlic Scapes
Scallions
Summer Squash- just coming in. This will be the last week it is limited.
Sweet Salad Turnips! These turnips are to die for and the greens are out of this world.
Sweet Snap Peas- Our peas at Ann Arbor, peas from our neighboring farm Tantre at Royal Oak, Eastern, and Farmington
Herbs:
Mint
Oregano
Parlsey
Sage
Thyme
Coming Soon:
Cabbage
Carrots
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