by Mark & Jill Baker | May 5, 2022 | Butchering, Chickens, Green, Learn how to butcher
Our business isn’t exactly a glory business. Custom chicken processing. But it’s a service and we are professionals. Even the ten year old. These kids are awesome, and our business has facilitated so much good for them: understanding the finances of a...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 22, 2022 | Green
Gathering is a revolutionary act. There’s a great power in gathering with like minded people. When you choose to step out of the flow of “normal” life, it helps a great deal to have folks to lock arms with, to connect to, for help and support. That...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 15, 2022 | Green
Livestock Guardian dogs (Great Pyrenees, to be exact) save the day! Do you know you almost didn’t have access to Northern Michigan’s best pasture raised chickens? Our second or third year here on Baker’s Green Acres, we had predators that got nearly...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 10, 2020 | Chickens, Free Range Chicken, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Chicken, Organic Chicken, Organic Farming, Pasture Raised Chicken
The snow is melting. The sun is shining. The kids are shedding their snowpants and coats. Spring! That makes me think about Chickens. Also, my chicken corner in the freezer is almost empty, so that makes me think about spring and chickens, too. This week I’ve...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 25, 2020 | Education, Organic Farming, Virtual Farmer
Books are a homestead farmer’s best friend. Right up there with YouTube and Google. And older farmers. On our LIVE YOUTUBE Q&A programs, we’ve been asked what books we use as resources and reference. There’s a whole list right here: Homestead...
