I didn't really see a way to make a living on the farm. I always loved writing. I was the guy who won the D.A.R. essay contest and things like that, and it was the era of Watergate, and I decided I would be the next Woodward and Bernstein, and then retire to the farm. Joel Salatin bernsteincontestdecide share on social
We can produce more per acre on a fifth of the fuel as the industrial food system. Joel Salatin acrefoodfuel Change image and share on social
Oh, my goodness, when we came to the farm in 1961, I mean, it wouldn't even support one salary. Joel Salatin farmgoodnesssalary Change image and share on social
Get in your kitchens, buy unprocessed foods, turn off the TV, and prepare your own foods. This is liberating. Joel Salatin buyfoodkitchen Change image and share on social
Our main deal is pastured livestock. So we have beef cattle, pigs, turkeys, laying chickens, meat chickens, rabbit, lamb and ducks - egg-layer ducks. Joel Salatin beefcattlechicken Change image and share on social
I inherited Mom's verbal skills, and participated in forensics and essay contests in elementary school - and won every essay contest I ever entered. Joel Salatin contestelementaryenter Change image and share on social
We've got this cultural mentality that you've got to be an idiot to be a farmer. Joel Salatin culturalfarmerhave Change image and share on social
We can move water easily with plastic pipes. We can move shade around with nursery cloth like a tinker toy for animals and plants. Yet we have developed this necessity to grow food with chemical fertiliser because we have forgotten the magic of manure. Joel Salatin animalchemicalcloth share on social
Think of all the mesquite in Texas, the pinyon pines, the acorns in Appalachia, every place has the possibility of mass production. It's an infrastructural system so nestled in ecology, it's a more beautiful ecology. Joel Salatin acornappalachiabeautiful share on social
We will never sell or have an IPO. What that does is suddenly flushes you with cash. It makes you now work for a group of stockholders, who, again, put pressure and temptations on your true-blueness. Joel Salatin bluenesscashflush Change image and share on social