by Mark & Jill Baker | May 3, 2009 | Green
Due to technical difficulties, it’s taken me a bit to get these pictures up, but here are the wooly mangalitsa pigs. They arrived courtesy of a capable young entrepreneur, Jimmy Lambert, who’s young enough not to mind a lot of hours behind the wheel...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 13, 2009 | Green
It’s that time of year. Things start to speed up at Baker’s Green Acres and we start to wonder how everything will get done. It’s been sunny, but the wind is really chilly yet, which has complicated some projects. Mark & Kyle did manage to get...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 30, 2009 | Green
This winter we became aware that a large scale food distributor is trying to develop a “local foods” section in their offerings. I’ve mentioned before that we have questions and reservations about how this would work out as far as local, sustainable...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 30, 2009 | Fun, Organic Farming
Lots of new things this week at Baker’s Green Acres farm. We have new projects, new animals, and new housing for the animals we have. New projects first. The guys worked on erecting the clear span house we have for the chickens. Last fall the building parts...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 27, 2009 | Mangalitsa
This is an article from the New York Times about Mangalitsa hogs. Baker’s Green Acres is not mentioned, but it is an informative and interesting article. We expect our pigs around the 10th of April. Mosefund Farm, mentioned in the article, is getting theirs then...
