by Mark & Jill Baker | Jan 5, 2011 | Organic Farming, Pasture Mangalitsa, Pasture Raised Chicken, Pasture Raised Pork
This quote is from Simply In Season, a wonderful and usable cookbook, written by Cathleen Hockman-Wert: “Cows in feedlots eat grains like corn, soybean meal and barley, which mostly are grown on large industrial farms fueled by petroleum. By one estimate, it...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Oct 21, 2010 | Mangalitsa
Mangalitsa – Old Fashioned Pig We recently joined a Facebook group focused on salt curing pork. A book was brought up that has been added to my “books to buy” list. It’s called Home Pork Making: a complete guide. , by A.W. Fulton. If you...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jan 10, 2010 | Homesteading, Mangalitsa, Organic Farming, Pasture Mangalitsa
Meant to be pigs – Raising Mangalitsa Hogs There’s nothing like watching a pig do what it’s meant to do. These Mangalitsa pigs are fun to watch, too, because they are so different from the standard hogs we’ve raised before. They are like the...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Sep 19, 2009 | Farm to Fork, Mangalitsa, Organic Pork, Pasture Mangalitsa, Pasture Raised Pork
This summer we sent a Mangalitsa pig up to Chef Ted Cizma at the Grand Traverse Resort… but I’ll let him tell you about it. I wish I could have tried some of those interesting dishes. Maybe this winter when we go to Pigstock 2010….
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 27, 2009 | Mangalitsa
This is an article from the New York Times about Mangalitsa hogs. Baker’s Green Acres is not mentioned, but it is an informative and interesting article. We expect our pigs around the 10th of April. Mosefund Farm, mentioned in the article, is getting theirs then...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 14, 2009 | Farm to Fork, Green, Mangalitsa, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Pork, Pasture Mangalitsa, Pasture Raised Pork
This is a link to a radio interview with Heath Putnam, owner of Wooly Pigs and the entire breeding stock thereof in North America. Mark got to spend some time with him while in Washington and enjoyed him.
