From zoning to labor to food safety to insurance, local food systems daily face a phalanx of regulatory hurdles designed and implemented to police industrial food models but which prejudicially wipe out the antidote: appropriate scaled local food systems. Joel Salatin antidotedailydesign share on social
The cycle of life is death, decomposition and regeneration, and a person who wants to stop killing animals is actually anti-life because it's only in death that life can be regenerated. Joel Salatin animalanticycle Change image and share on social
We only want autonomous collaborators that are incentivized to make or break their own income. Joel Salatin autonomousbreakcollaborator Change image and 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
In general, we run the farm like a business instead of a welfare recipient, and we adhere to historically-validated patterns. Joel Salatin adherebusinessfarm Change image and share on social
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
The linear, single species idea of farming is an assault on ecological function. Something's going to break down in that system - anything from soil structure, in economics... but where to start is with true ecological function. Joel Salatin assaultbreakecological 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
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
