by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 19, 2012 | Green
In my homeschool wanderings, I recently picked up some books by Richard Maybury. He proposes two basic principles upon which all religions and cultures agree. These are the two principles of common law upon which our Founding fathers based our country’s foundations:...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 15, 2012 | Butchering, Chickens, Education, Green, Learn how to butcher
Remember the mantra from the movie, Ratatouille? “Anyone can cook!” Around here, we say “Anyone can farm!” That’s the premise for Mark’s Anyone Can Farm videos on hog butchering and raising chickens. One of the best ways to have...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 10, 2012 | Green
There are those who say that we are making a mountain out of a molehill about the DNR’s Declatory Ruling. They say the Boar pigs are not that big a deal, we should just switch our cross breeding to a different heritage breed and move on. They say the...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 25, 2012 | Green
In case someone still thinks the issue of farmers vs. MDNR is about a certain breed of pigs (which it isn’t), this story was forwarded to us by a friend. Incidently, an Oregonian hog farmer contacted Mark because his Pork Producer’s Assoc. came to him to...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 17, 2012 | Green
Two days ago there was a farm break-out of Chicken Run proportions. In fact, there is evidence that Ron McKendrick’s intelligent and resourceful pigs had hidden bunkers and planning rooms. They had begun construction on at least 3 tunnels out of his farm and...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 14, 2012 | Green
For those of you who are just hearing about the pig situation, I thought I’d offer a quick recap. Mark’s interview with Dave Janda was informative. That link is in the next post. Here are a few more links to check out: Mark’s testimony before the...
