by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 3, 2010 | Green
Meet the new additions: We now have Mangalitsa breeding stock. These are blond Mangalitsas. The feeder pigs are swallow-bellied Mangalitsas. The little pigs are about 4 months old, so they have some growing to do. The front one is so classically wooly that...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 13, 2010 | Green
We’ve been offered a great opportunity. “We can use xxx birds a week.” The number is three times as many as we’ve really finished per week before. Wow. “Can we get a better price?” Again, wow. That’s set off quite a lot...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 13, 2010 | Green
Spring must be here! We have babies everywhere: chicks, piglets, kid goats, calves–even Jim has discovered the great out-of-doors. He heads out of doors if those doors are left open in his bid to keep up with his favorite playmates. One of the surest signs of...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 1, 2010 | Green
Spring’s coming–really it’s got to be. Even though everyone in this house was feeling the winter blahs today, we’ve got enough babies in the barn that we know we can be looking forward to warmer weather. It started off with baby pigs. The...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 16, 2010 | Green
From Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, “There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery store, and the other that heat comes from the furnace. “To avoid the first danger, one...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 16, 2010 | Green
Came across this on the net. We’ve said it, but it’s good to hear it from someone else: acorn fed Mangalitsa is the premium pork for your palette and is premium pork or your health. Pastured animals have more nutrient dense meat (and fat) and lower...
