I want people to think through issues. I'm just tired of blind alignment. Joel Salatin alignmentblindissue Change image and share on social
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
It's very common to implement mob grazing and double your production for a per-acre capitalisation investment... because it doesn't take any more corraling, no more electricity, rent, machinery or labour to double your production on an existing place. Joel Salatin acrecapitalisationcommon 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
That's the joke about confinement pigs: they taste like whatever sauce you cook them with. Joel Salatin confinementcookjoke Change image and 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
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
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
