by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 7, 2011 | Green
Power and money, it’s what motivates so much of this world. Unfortunately, power and money has way more to do with feeding the world than do nutrition and ethics. Here’s some thoughts from Joel Salatin on the topic. It’s a lengthy read (he was an...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jan 31, 2011 | Green
At the recent Northern Michigan Small Farms Conference we attended Karen Lubbers’ keynote address. Karen’s farm is Lubber’s Farm in Coopersville, MI. One of the things she talked about is the value and integrity of “real” food. A few...
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 | May 25, 2010 | Fun
FUN ON THE FARM – “It’s nothing but a mud puddle!” says Dad. “Yeah, but it’s a FUN mud puddle!” exclaims Sam. Last week we sent many loads of fill dirt over to a neighbor to fill in a small pond. In the process, the excavator...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Oct 13, 2009 | Green
We got some questions about the grass-fed beef: The beef will be cut and vacuum packed. We use a local USDA inspected plant and have been pleased with their service to date. There are a couple of sizes in the pasture. A full size beef will be abou 600-800 pounds...
