by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 2, 2012 | Bakers Green Acres VS Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Green Acres, Organic Politics
There have been several media reports lately that can update you on what’s happening with the pigs: Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund blog Kimberley Hartke: podcast link to her interview with Mark on the bottom of the blog DNR Director Rodney Stokes is out...
by Bakers | Apr 3, 2012 | Bakers Green Acres VS Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Farm to Fork, Organic Politics
Hello, this is a friend of Mark and Jill. They are very busy, so I asked if I could update everyone on what is going on. I helped Jill set up the website, so I had access and they said it would be OK if I posted a status update. To begin, I would like to ask all of...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 13, 2012 | Bakers Green Acres VS Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Organic Politics
Bonnie Bucqueroux from The Lansing Online News wrote a thoughtful article this week. It’s worth the read. A commenter raised some questions about the issue that I thought other folks may have, so I responded there but will add the conversation here as well. ...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 19, 2009 | Farm to Fork, Green, Green Acres, Organic Farming, Organic Politics
We have a bit of a running joke here: Mark is either networking or farming, depending on who he’s spent the last hour talking to. Last night we got to do both at the same time. The USDA and Michigan Land Use Institute put on the last in a series of meetings...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 1, 2009 | Green, Green Acres, Organic Farming, Organic Politics, Uncategorized
Yesterday Mark, Kyle, Joe, Sam, and I spent the day in classrooms. The boys decided they liked their home classroom better than the Grayling High School ones, so that was one unexpected bonus. This is the first year they’ve gone. There were sessions designed...