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MarkBaker-video-adMark Baker of Baker's Green Acres is a heritage hog breeder in Michigan.

Mark Baker filed a complaint in February 2012 against the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) over the impending implementation of an Invasive Species Order (ISO) that prohibited certain swine. The ISO was supposedly issued in 2010 to control the feral pig population in Michigan and went into effect April 1, 2012.
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Mark Baker Running for Sheriff

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | October 21, 2016

When heritage breed hog farmer Mark Baker was going through his four-year battle against the state of Michigan over his challenge to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Invasive Species Order

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This article can be found in: Farm Raids, Pete Kennedy, Esq. This article is related to: Berglund, farm raids, Mark Baker, Michigan, Michigan DNR, raw milk, swine ISO

Raid on Bakers Green Acres

By Farm-to-Consumer | December 18, 2015

Here is a letter from a supporter of Mark Baker about yesterday’s raid on Baker’s Green Acres and other actions the state of Michigan has taken against Mark. The Michigan Department of Agriculture obtained a warrant to search

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Farm Raids, Food Rights News, State News This article is related to: farm raids, Mark Baker, Michigan, Michigan DNR, swine ISO

FTCLDF 2013 Summary

By admin | July 8, 2014

Since its inception in 2007, the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (“FTCLDF” or the “Fund”) has worked to establish and protect the rights of farmers to direct market the products of the farm and the rights of consumers to obtain the foods of their choice from the source of their choice.
 
This summary covers the Fund’s work during 2013 and the first half of 2014.

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, State News This article is related to: 2013 Summary, annual summary, FTCLDF Cases, Mark Baker

Judge Strikes Down Michigan Swine ISO

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | April 9, 2014

In a victory for Michigan’s heritage breed hog farmers, Marquette County Circuit Court Judge Thomas L. Solka has ruled that both the swine Invasive Species Order (ISO) and the Declaratory Ruling (DR) issued by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are unconstitutional. In his March 21

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State News This article is related to: FTCLDF Cases, Mark Baker, Michigan, Michigan DNR, swine ISO

After 2-Year Court Battle Baker’s Pigs Now Legal

By admin | March 4, 2014

Judge Orders DNR to Leave Farmer Alone
 
Lake City, Michigan—(March 4, 2014)—Two years after suing the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) over the legality of its swine Invasive Species order, Mark Baker is now free to raise and sell his hybrid heritage breed pigs. In a February 26, 2014 hearing, less than two weeks before a scheduled March 11, 2014 trial date, DNR

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Press Room, State News This article is related to: FTCLDF Cases, Mark Baker, Michigan, Michigan DNR, swine ISO

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