by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 28, 2017 | Education, Fun, Green, Lard, Mangalitsa, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Pork
A few weeks ago we had a yucky winter Sunday afternoon and needed something to do. Since Mark was in a lard rendering mood, we took advantage of the abundance to make DONUTS. I almost never buy donuts as the white sugar, white flour, and unknown frying fat resign...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jan 19, 2017 | Mangalitsa, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Pork, Organic Pork, Pasture Mangalitsa, Pasture Raised Pork
Would you like to not worry about the meat for dinner? Just go get it out of the freezer instead of wonder if you remembered to pick it up at the store? Would you like to have a freezer full of the best pork in the U.S.? Now is the time! We have a few hogs available...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jan 3, 2017 | Chickens, Education, Free Range Turkey, Fun, Mangalitsa, Mangalitsa Farrowing, Mangalitsa Sow, Organic Farming, Pasture Mangalitsa, Pasture Raised Pork, Turkey
Yesterday was a sunny day. In wintry northern Michigan, this is a thing to be noted and enjoyed. Here’s what I found on my walkabout. The calves’ names are Calvin and Hobbes after the summer’s favorite cartoon characters. This one sticking his...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Dec 30, 2016 | Butchering, Charcuterie, Chickens, Dairy, Education, Free Range Chicken, Free Range Turkey, Fun, Grass Fed Turkey, Green, Green Acres, Home Schooling, Lard, Learn how to butcher, Mangalitsa, Mangalitsa Farrowing, Mangalitsa Sow, Non-GMO Milk, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Chicken, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Pork, Organic Breakfast Sausage, Organic Chicken, Organic Farming, Organic Milk, Organic Pork, Pasture Mangalitsa, Pasture Raised, Pasture Raised Chicken, Pasture Raised Pork, Raw Milk, Turkey, Uncategorized
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by Mark & Jill Baker | Dec 21, 2016 | Education, Mangalitsa
Pasture Raised Pig Breed Comparison Recently we did a Hog Harvest class at someone else’s farm. They had 4 pigs for the class to butcher: a Mangalitsa, a Red Wattle, and two white “farm pigs.” It was an interesting comparison as all 4 had been...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Nov 23, 2016 | Mangalitsa, Mangalitsa Farrowing, Mangalitsa Sow, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Pork, Organic Farming, Pasture Mangalitsa, Pasture Raised Pork
It sounds like fun to have baby pigs running around, and it is! We’ve found Mangalitsas to be the easiest pigs to farrow (have their babies) and raise, but it isn’t all roses. Mark shows you one of our newest sows and her...