by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 7, 2011 | Green
Winter on the farm: A rare sunny day brought us outside and made for some great photos. The barn and clearspan with the pigs in the snow make a classic picture. The clearspan currently houses about 1400 chickens in three different groups. The barn houses the goats,...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 7, 2011 | Green
Power and money, it’s what motivates so much of this world. Unfortunately, power and money has way more to do with feeding the world than do nutrition and ethics. Here’s some thoughts from Joel Salatin on the topic. It’s a lengthy read (he was an...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jan 31, 2011 | Green
At the recent Northern Michigan Small Farms Conference we attended Karen Lubbers’ keynote address. Karen’s farm is Lubber’s Farm in Coopersville, MI. One of the things she talked about is the value and integrity of “real” food. A few...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jan 30, 2011 | Green
It’s a sunny day outside, the clearspan is glowing, the chickens are stretching, the pigs, goats, sheep and cow are basking. I looked at a couple of pictures of chickens on pasture this summer with longing. The clearspan still grows a mighty fine chicken in...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jan 5, 2011 | Green
On Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve we received the best presents a pig can give: piglets! Two of the blond Mangalitsa sows had litters. They have proven to be good mothers. They are in loose stalls with deep straw bedding. The room is insulated and stays...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Dec 8, 2010 | Green
The kids, as in generations previous, are cheering for the snow. They’ve got a few sleds out. They’re checking the ski reports since they invested in season passes this year. They complain about how hard chores are now. All is normal and well. The...
