by Mark & Jill Baker | Oct 4, 2012 | Green
September is not a slow time on the farm. It’s still within our harvest season, so we add the challenges of school rather than dropping activities. Add to that a weekend trip to Polyface Farm (Joel Salatin) for a Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund event, a...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Sep 2, 2012 | Green
Two great stories came out this week: Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister did a great piece for NPR. We were pretty proud of their listenership for picking up on the due process constitutional issue even though Dan and Elizabeth didn’t talk about it especially. ...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Aug 20, 2012 | Green
Mark just did a radio broadcast with Dr. David Janda. You can hear it here. He also has a new video update on youtube.
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 18, 2012 | Green
We had two pieces of news come across the cloud wires this week that were of note for small farmers, for hunters, and for citizens who care what the government thinks. This first one gives you an idea of where the DNR folks are getting their information. Officials...
by Bakers | Jul 11, 2012 | Green, Green Acres
“Back in the Revolutionary War days, when this country was founded; every farm had to be Red Meated pigs. What we’re talking about here, how the State of Michigan is making it illegal to own pigs that every farm in this country had up until refrigeration...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 5, 2012 | Green
I was just informed it is 100 degrees on our thermometer. Mark “rained” the chickens today to try to keep them cool. The heat is hard on them when there is no breeze. Even the ground is hot. The big pigs are finding cool dirt along the barn. They could...
