I'm a Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic. It's a humorous way for me to describe that I'm not stereotypical. Joel Salatin capitalistchristiandescribe Change image and share on social
What we're looking at is God's design, nature's template, and using that as a pattern to cut around and lay it down on a domestic model to duplicate that pattern that we see in nature. Joel Salatin cutdesigndomestic Change image and share on social
Throughout high school, I peddled my eggs, had a vendor stand at the local curb market - precursor to today's farmers' markets - and competed in 4-H contests and interscholastic debate. Joel Salatin competecontestcurb Change image and share on social
I see myself today as Sitting Bull trying to bring a voice of Easternism, holism, community-based thinking to a very Western culture. Joel Salatin basebringbull Change image and share on social
'Organic' doesn't mean what people think it means. Joel Salatin meanorganicpeople Change image and share on social
The truth is, everything is eating and being eaten. Joel Salatin eattruth Change image and share on social
You know, in our culture today, our Western, reductionist, Roman, linear, fragmented... culture, we don't ask how to make a pig happy. We ask how to grow it faster, fatter, bigger, cheaper, and that's not a noble goal. Joel Salatin bigcheapculture share on social
Industrial agriculture, because it depends on standardization, has bombarded us with the message that all pork is pork, all chicken is chicken, eggs eggs, even though we all know that can't really be true. Joel Salatin agriculturebombardchicken share on social
Our land-healing ministry really is about cultivating relationships: between the people, the loving stewards, and the ecology of a place, what I call the environmental umbilical that we're nurturing here. Joel Salatin callcultivateecology share on social
We believe that the farm should be building 'forgiveness' into the ecosystem. What does that mean? That a more forgiving ecosystem is one that can better handle drought, flood, disease, pestilence. Joel Salatin builddiseasedrought Change image and share on social