The team is hard at work in the first pepper planting. We use peppers in almost everything we cook, it's SOOO good to have them back on the menu!
The summer squash mean business! They are here in full force. Crates upon crates. So get ready to make that summer squash curry, sauteed sage and squash, stuffed zucchini boats, veggie noodles, shredded zucchini with zesty lemon dressing- so many ideas. My absolute favorite is the squash fritter.
Also fresh in this week- NEW POTATOES!!! They are just so gosh darn delicious! Boiled and smashed then roasted with thyme, olive oil, and a little sea salt!
In this email:
Generally Important Notes:
Market Details: Pick-up locations and times. Northville ends at 2 pm again.
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. All curbside orders must be picked up by 12 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- 2 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.
All orders must be picked up by 1 pm. All curbside orders must be picked up by 12 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. 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 Jim! 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.
Notes from the Farm:
What am I normally writing about this time of year? I am writing about just beginning to do it all at once. All the field prep, seeding, planting, harvesting, caring, markets- all of it. Yet somehow, this year, it feels like we have been doing it all at once the whole time. Jim and I, in our personal lives, have been going through our own ordeal that has exhausted me to the core. I feel like while at this time of year I am usually just beginning to pick up speed flying down a hill that has no end, this year, I have been on the hill for ages. My life blurring past on either side.
Luckily, the farm crew this year is like a safety net and they have caught us. They materialized almost abruptly, after months of looking for qualified, engaging people to farm with. They are diligently, enthusiastically helping to care for and create space for Jim and I to be humans in this world, while continuing to do the hard work that is farming- weeding for hours, harvesting for hours, working with intention and focus through 90 degree days, the only shade provided by the swarming mosquitoes. I am so honored and grateful to be working with this resilient, caring group. Because of them, we are healing up.
Please read Jim's caption on the photo below. I feel like it really expresses what we have been experiencing. Onward and upward wonderful farm family! Love you guys.
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.
Also fresh in this week- NEW POTATOES!!! They are just so gosh darn delicious! Boiled and smashed then roasted with thyme, olive oil, and a little sea salt!
In this email:
- Generally important notes.
- Market Details-
- Northville Market is going to end at 2pm again this week!
- Find our vegetables and other local goods in Stockbridge at Plane Food Market!
- Notes from the farm
- Fresh From the Field- What are we bringing to market this week!
- Staying active and engaged with social change: A resource and an opportunity to contribute to the We The People Opportunity Farm!
- Ordering: How to register with Local Line
- CSA members- what to do if your account is low
Generally Important Notes:
- Please wear face coverings when shopping with us at market. We are trying to protect our families and coworkers. With our workload, we cannot afford long absences due to illness and with the potential for long term physical ailments after the the virus, we don't want our farm members, workers, or families to get this virus. We encounter a lot of people as market vendors and a face covering worn by us and our customers is a simple way to reduce our exposure to the virus. Please help us stay safe and continue providing fresh, nutritious food for you. If you are unsure why simple cloth face coverings help, here is a great video from PBS.
- There is a small pre-ordering window for Ann Arbor Wednesday. Ordering opens now and goes until midnight tonight (Tuesday 7/14)
- If you signed up as a Farm Member online, please note, you can also use your account at market. Pre-ordering is not required!
- 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.
Market Details: Pick-up locations and times. Northville ends at 2 pm again.
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. All curbside orders must be picked up by 12 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- 2 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.
All orders must be picked up by 1 pm. All curbside orders must be picked up by 12 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. 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 Jim! 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.
Notes from the Farm:
What am I normally writing about this time of year? I am writing about just beginning to do it all at once. All the field prep, seeding, planting, harvesting, caring, markets- all of it. Yet somehow, this year, it feels like we have been doing it all at once the whole time. Jim and I, in our personal lives, have been going through our own ordeal that has exhausted me to the core. I feel like while at this time of year I am usually just beginning to pick up speed flying down a hill that has no end, this year, I have been on the hill for ages. My life blurring past on either side.
Luckily, the farm crew this year is like a safety net and they have caught us. They materialized almost abruptly, after months of looking for qualified, engaging people to farm with. They are diligently, enthusiastically helping to care for and create space for Jim and I to be humans in this world, while continuing to do the hard work that is farming- weeding for hours, harvesting for hours, working with intention and focus through 90 degree days, the only shade provided by the swarming mosquitoes. I am so honored and grateful to be working with this resilient, caring group. Because of them, we are healing up.
Please read Jim's caption on the photo below. I feel like it really expresses what we have been experiencing. Onward and upward wonderful farm family! Love you guys.
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.
I had a ruthless surgery in the beginning of March, and my road to recovery has been complicated by complications. I've tried to stage a comeback multiple times since then, but each attempt was met with painful consequences. In the past week, I've finally been able to engage in some consequence-free physical activity. I've been treating the push mower as my rehabilitation tool, we move slowly together through the tall grasses and even slower still through topography. Maintaining around our various structures may not be the highest priority right now, but it's what I can do at the moment. With each pass I feel a little bit more like my old self. Helen bore the brunt of my absence during this very complicated season. Taking on my duties in addition to her own is a very tall order, but she pulled it off somehow. All the Lake Dividers have contributed to filling in the gaps left by my absence, and have managed to keep this dream alive. I'm almost back now and I'm overwhelmed with gratitude. I'm grateful to have almost recovered my health, and I'm grateful that all the Lake Dividers have safeguarded the farm through these challenging times. Through the cluttered noise of the push mower and me stomping and spinning through the vegetation I imagine the whistle of a arrow racing over the battlefield toward its target in a moment of dreaded desperation. I'm on my way team, and I intend to turn the tide - Jim "Flame of The North" Neumann
Fresh From the Field!
Greens:
Head Lettuce- Back in a few weeks
Kale- Green Curly, Red Curly, Red Russian, Siber Frills
Microgreens! Mustard Mix & Just Arugula (may be limited this week)
Pea Shoots (may be limited this week)
Swiss Chard- It is aces I tells ya! Aces!
All manner of deliciousness:
Beets at long last! With luscious greens
Cabbage- Round Green and a touch of the wondrous cone cabbage!
Cabbage- Napa cabbage- some with flowering stalks, still delicious.
Celery!
Cucumbers (may be limited)
Kohlrabi- Round, cruchy, sweet, juicy.
Garlic! Uncured, fresh, juicy, delicious!
Garlic Scapes- Last week to get that prime pesto ingredient for your winter vacations!
Onions- Fresh sweet onions for salads and cooking!
Peppers- green bells just starting to come in (maybe some purple ones too!)
Potatoes! New! Skins so thin they melt right off! These juicy potatoes make any meal gourmet!
Scallions
Summer Squash- Golden and Green Zucchini plus some classic yellow squash and patty pans
Sweet Salad Turnips (topless)
Tomatoes- Cherry tomatoes just starting in
Herbs:
Basil!
Mint
Oregano
Parsley
Sage
ThymeComing Soon:Carrots
Fennel
Ground Cherries
:
Staying Active: Something to keep the gears of progress engaged.
To read:
In the quest to educate myself, I have recently been introduced to the Zinn Education Project. I have found myself hoping to better understand how we arrived where we are; hoping to connect to people across opinion; hoping to better communicate and share ideas; hoping to build together what we value- safety, happiness, fulfillment, respect- for everyone. Reading through articles from the Zinn Education Project is interesting and provides jumping off points for more learning and more discussion. I like their this day in history section. They also offer a slew of learning resources for a variety of topics.
From their About section:
"For more than ten years, the Zinn Education Project has introduced students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula. With more than 110,000 people registered, and growing by more than 10,000 new registrants every year, the Zinn Education Project has become a leading resource for teachers and teacher educators." It is
To contribute:
If you are interested in contributing time or money to a project, consider getting involved with the non-profit We The People Community Farm. I admire and respect the mission and values of this farm.
Below is an excerpt from their website:
OUR MISSIONOur mission is to break the cycle of incarceration in Washtenaw County by investing in the employment and development of formerly incarcerated men and women through farming and community engagement.
OUR VALUESRadically Inclusive: Including everyone, especially accepting and accommodating people who have historically been excluded (due to their race, gender, sexuality, or ability). We honor different identities, ideas and experiences and invite everyone, especially those who have historically been excluded, into the pursuit of our mission.
Intentionally Collaborative: We cannot meet our mission without you. We invite you into our work. We value the power of collective thinking and impact, even when it is challenging.
Courageously Disruptive: In all that we do we will stretch ourselves and those we work alongside to challenge the Prison Industrial Complex.
Rooted in Justice: We work vigorously for freedom and justice for formerly incarcerated Black, Indigenous, Latinx, People of Color and, by extension, all incarcerated people.
Committed to Growth: We will steward all our resources with integrity, love, and respect for the earth. This in turn, fuels our belief that all living things when nurtured in good soil, given sun, and water will flourish
Greens:
Head Lettuce- Back in a few weeks
Kale- Green Curly, Red Curly, Red Russian, Siber Frills
Microgreens! Mustard Mix & Just Arugula (may be limited this week)
Pea Shoots (may be limited this week)
Swiss Chard- It is aces I tells ya! Aces!
All manner of deliciousness:
Beets at long last! With luscious greens
Cabbage- Round Green and a touch of the wondrous cone cabbage!
Cabbage- Napa cabbage- some with flowering stalks, still delicious.
Celery!
Cucumbers (may be limited)
Kohlrabi- Round, cruchy, sweet, juicy.
Garlic! Uncured, fresh, juicy, delicious!
Garlic Scapes- Last week to get that prime pesto ingredient for your winter vacations!
Onions- Fresh sweet onions for salads and cooking!
Peppers- green bells just starting to come in (maybe some purple ones too!)
Potatoes! New! Skins so thin they melt right off! These juicy potatoes make any meal gourmet!
Scallions
Summer Squash- Golden and Green Zucchini plus some classic yellow squash and patty pans
Sweet Salad Turnips (topless)
Tomatoes- Cherry tomatoes just starting in
Herbs:
Basil!
Mint
Oregano
Parsley
Sage
ThymeComing Soon:Carrots
Fennel
Ground Cherries
:
Staying Active: Something to keep the gears of progress engaged.
To read:
In the quest to educate myself, I have recently been introduced to the Zinn Education Project. I have found myself hoping to better understand how we arrived where we are; hoping to connect to people across opinion; hoping to better communicate and share ideas; hoping to build together what we value- safety, happiness, fulfillment, respect- for everyone. Reading through articles from the Zinn Education Project is interesting and provides jumping off points for more learning and more discussion. I like their this day in history section. They also offer a slew of learning resources for a variety of topics.
From their About section:
"For more than ten years, the Zinn Education Project has introduced students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula. With more than 110,000 people registered, and growing by more than 10,000 new registrants every year, the Zinn Education Project has become a leading resource for teachers and teacher educators." It is
To contribute:
If you are interested in contributing time or money to a project, consider getting involved with the non-profit We The People Community Farm. I admire and respect the mission and values of this farm.
Below is an excerpt from their website:
OUR MISSIONOur mission is to break the cycle of incarceration in Washtenaw County by investing in the employment and development of formerly incarcerated men and women through farming and community engagement.
OUR VALUESRadically Inclusive: Including everyone, especially accepting and accommodating people who have historically been excluded (due to their race, gender, sexuality, or ability). We honor different identities, ideas and experiences and invite everyone, especially those who have historically been excluded, into the pursuit of our mission.
Intentionally Collaborative: We cannot meet our mission without you. We invite you into our work. We value the power of collective thinking and impact, even when it is challenging.
Courageously Disruptive: In all that we do we will stretch ourselves and those we work alongside to challenge the Prison Industrial Complex.
Rooted in Justice: We work vigorously for freedom and justice for formerly incarcerated Black, Indigenous, Latinx, People of Color and, by extension, all incarcerated people.
Committed to Growth: We will steward all our resources with integrity, love, and respect for the earth. This in turn, fuels our belief that all living things when nurtured in good soil, given sun, and water will flourish
Melvin Parson Executive Director of We The People Opportunity Farm
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