by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 30, 2009 | Green
This winter we became aware that a large scale food distributor is trying to develop a “local foods” section in their offerings. I’ve mentioned before that we have questions and reservations about how this would work out as far as local, sustainable...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 15, 2009 | Green
The two “hovers”–one commercial, one creative–ready for action. Keeping up with 350 growing chicks is a challenge, especially when Chicks converge on feed and water set between the two hovers. one is only set up for 1/2 that many. Monday...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 15, 2009 | Green
I hope you’ll indulge me in some philosophical thoughts on time and living life. Actually, I’m going to share them anyway. Last night we watched a great movie, Mr. Magorioum’s Wonder Emporium. It dovetailed with several pieces I’ve read and...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 9, 2009 | Green
We learned an interesting thing about animal feeds this weekend. If a label say “meal” or any such thing, the grain is a byproduct of some previous processing of it. The particular one in question was soybean. The mill we were at was grinding whole...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 9, 2009 | Green
At long last, here is the link to the Interlochen Public Radio show, Points Up North, that Mark was on. It’s an hour long, but worth the listen. It’s also on podcast, listen to the “Farming” program.
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 5, 2009 | Green
“Jeepers creepers, where’d you get those peepers?” So says the song. We knew where the peepers came from. What we didn’t know was where to put them! We had a bit of a surprise this week. Monday morning we received an order from a chef who...