CALL TO ACTION!
Please broadcast!
Court Hearing for Mark Baker Heritage Pig Farming
Friday at 2 p.m. - July 12, 2013
Missaukee County Courthouse (See google map)
111 Canal Street Lake City MI
The Baker family is suing the DNR for loss of income and to keep peacefully raising their pigs on their own land.
Join hundreds of other concerned individuals in support of Bakers Green Acres at an upcoming hearing in court and gather the following day on the farm for a celebration of the farm and fundraiser to keep the farm going!
Background:
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources with an invasive species order is outlawing free range farming of heritage breed pigs. Peaceful Michigan pig farmer, Mark Baker is a farmer being defended with the help of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. Mark's herd of carefully tended Mangalista pigs offered his family a reliable income. Now, Mark faces constant harassment by individuals in the DNR and a serious loss of income threatening the viability of the farm.
Mark said at the Michigan Wise Traditions conference recently:
Incidentally, in deposition we found out that the Michigan Pork Producers called the meeting and said we must call every pig feral with a straight tail or curly tail and the only exemption they gave was pigs in confinement, they call that a 'domestic hog production' whereas my hog production, outside, on pasture, is not best.
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ACTIONS TO TAKE
1. Attend the Hearing and Celebration of the farm.
On Saturday, July 13th, the Bakers are having an open house and pig roast that they'd like everyone to join them at! If you can sleepover Mark said that there is plenty of room to camp at the farm, or there are hotels nearby for Friday night. Learn more here.
LOGISTICS for Michigan Residents:
Join our NEW! WAPF PickupPal group to find a rideshare:
Join our private group page, password is "realfood."
Under Events find Mark Baker Hearing.
Set up a Trip to this event. The site will match you with potential ridesharers in your area.
- If you're in the Grand Rapids area, We'll meet at 10:15 a.m. Friday, July 12th, at the carpool lot just West of the US-131 and 10 Mile exit in Rockford.
- We'll meet the rest of you from around the state at noon at Baker's Green Acres Farm (about 15 minutes from the Missaukee County Courthouse in Lake City): 1579 Brinks Rd. Marion, MI 49665. After a quick tour of their farm, we'll caravan over to the courthouse at about 1:00 for the hearing which starts at 2:00.
- If you're not able to make it to the carpool in the morning, please join us at the courthouse by 1:45
- Email me if you're planning on joining us just so we have an idea of how many to expect, especially if you're carpooling/caravanning with us from Rockford: [email protected].
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