by Mark & Jill Baker | Nov 23, 2010 | Green
Silly me. I thought that once Pigstock was done we’d have a lull in which to catch our collective breath and prep for deer rifle season. Silly me. The week after our Mangalitsa pig fest was spent cleaning up and catching up. We had a fairly large batch of...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Nov 8, 2010 | Green
It’s over for this year. I think we’re finally hitting our stride again. We couldn’t have had better weather: 50 degrees and sunny. There wasn’t even a breeze. The food was all superb, from the breakfast served by Brian Williams and A.J....
by Mark & Jill Baker | Oct 21, 2010 | Green
What’s new at Baker’s Green Acres now that it’s fall? Not much. We’re taking advantage of the beautiful weather to harvest as much grass as possible. These hogs show the value of that! They are about 19 months old now and ready for harvest...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Oct 9, 2010 | Green
“…the concept that fat is the best of foods has been universal with mankind in all lands and climates. When Christianity spread northward beyond the Mediterranean, the Biblical phrase “to live on the fat of the land” was readily understood in...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Sep 30, 2010 | Green
Natalie Davis wrote a really nice article about us for the Edible Grand Traverse in the Fall edition. Our article is on pages 10-13, and there’s a great picture that looks familiar on page 48 (last page). Happy reading!
by Mark & Jill Baker | Sep 29, 2010 | Green
Harvesting sunlight: that’s what we do. At a “grazing school” we recently attended, one of the presenters said, “There are very few free lunches in this world….The sun is one of them.” One of the things we knew and had reinforced...
