by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 2, 2009 | Green
Last night we had the privilage of attending a Mighigan Land Use Institute event at the Grand Traverse Resort. There were great chefs and farmers with samples of their skills. There were people involved in all levels of the food industry to network with. We had a...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 9, 2009 | Green
If you’ve known us for even a short time, you know that information disemination is a strong value here. This winter we met Ilene Satchell of Willow Tree Way at the Small Farms Conference. She has a program for training farmers to be para-educators and to...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 7, 2009 | Green
An interesting article popped up in the Wall Street Journal a couple days ago. Chip Hoaglund at Cherry Capital Foods brought it to our attention. You can read the article in its entirety as it covers more than just chicken and is quite interesting. Here is an...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 30, 2009 | Fun, Organic Farming
Lots of new things this week at Baker’s Green Acres farm. We have new projects, new animals, and new housing for the animals we have. New projects first. The guys worked on erecting the clear span house we have for the chickens. Last fall the building parts...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 15, 2009 | Green
The two “hovers”–one commercial, one creative–ready for action. Keeping up with 350 growing chicks is a challenge, especially when Chicks converge on feed and water set between the two hovers. one is only set up for 1/2 that many. Monday...
