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In this episode, we chat with Alex from Chucktown Acres, a regenerative farm based in Charleston, South Carolina. Alex shares his transformation from suburban musician and Bible college student to full-time regenerative farmer. His journey includes a pivotal internship at Polyface Farms and eventually taking over an existing farm operation in coastal South Carolina. Alex now manages a thriving multi-species livestock operation and also teaches marketing to other farmers.Topics CoveredAlex's health awakening and discovery of real foodThe shift from Bible college to aspiring farmerSecuring a highly competitive internship at Polyface FarmsWhat life and work were like at PolyfaceStarting and rebranding Chucktown AcresRaising grass-fed beef, Berkshire hogs, broilers, laying hens, turkeys, and moreAdjusting practices for regional predator pressure in South CarolinaUsing and recommending Kiwi Tech posts and Gallagher reelsBuilding a direct-to-consumer business with Barn2Door and weekly email marketingOffering internships for local youth interested in sustainable agNavigating social media and customer communicationEquipment preferences and gear talk (O'Brien vs. Kiwi Tech)Whether you're just starting your regenerative journey or looking to refine your marketing and multi-species operation, Alex's story is a valuable one. He didn't grow up farming and didn't inherit land—but he found a way through passion, grit, and practical action. His take on internships, rebranding, and building customer relationships through authentic marketing is inspiring and actionable. Plus, there's plenty of great gear talk for graziers who love comparing reels and posts.Resources MentionedPolyface FarmsBooks & Authors:Folks, This Ain't Normal by Joel SalatinDirt to Soil by Gabe BrownWorks by Greg Judy, Alan Savory, Will HarrisBarn2Door – eCommerce for farmersRedmond AgricultureNoble Research Institute CoursesKiwi Tech Posts – Available at Ken CoveGallagher reels, O'Brien posts, and other fencing gearVisit our Sponsors:Noble Research InstituteRedmondGBT AngusGrazing Grass LinksNew Listener Resource GuideProvide feedback for the podcastWebsiteInsidersResources (Coming Soon)Community (on Facebook)Check out the Apiary Chronicles PodcastChapters(00:00) - Introduction and Quickfire Questions (01:58) - Welcome to the Grazing Grass Podcast (03:36) - Alex's Journey to Farming (05:15) - Discovering the World of Health Food (06:56) - From Bible College to Farming Aspirations (15:57) - Internship at Polyface Farms (42:06) - Starting Chucktown Acres (45:17) - Starting the Farming Journey (45:56) - A Fortunate Break (46:59) - Taking Over the Farm (48:33) - Rebranding and Relocating (49:50) - Challenges and Adaptations (53:30) - Marketing and Sales Strategies (57:29) - Social Media and Marketing Challenges (59:49) - Advice for New Farmers (01:12:05) - The Importance of Farmer's Markets (01:14:19) - Famous Four Questions (01:19:52) - Final Thoughts and Resources
Joel Salatin—farmer, author, and foreword writer for Ginny Yurich's new book—joins us for his fifth episode, and it's a powerhouse. This conversation is a front-row seat to what happens when you raise kids in real life instead of a classroom. Joel walks us through the radical decision he and his wife made in the 1980s to homeschool, back when it was still illegal in parts of the country and deeply misunderstood. With no research, no co-ops, and no roadmap, they said yes anyway—because they couldn't say yes to the public system, and they couldn't afford private school. The outcome? Two thriving, confident, competent adult children and a family legacy that changed generations. We talk about why the simple things—folding laundry, planting a garden, making muffins—build real competence and self-worth in a world that's often more virtual than visceral. Joel's stories are riveting: from a son who couldn't read at ten to one who now runs the family business with confidence and purpose. If you've ever questioned your decision to homeschool (or are considering it), this conversation will remind you: you don't need to know how it all turns out to know that you're doing something that matters. ** Get your copy of Homeschooling, You're Doing it Right Just by Doing it here Learn more about Joel and all he has to offer here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I had the distinct honor and pleasure of sitting down with some SERIOUS legends at the Midwest Preparedness Project Festival last week in Lawrence, Kansas. It was an increbibly uplifting event with so much education and inspiration. I got to meet and hang out with some serious legends. Here is my live podcast I recorded where I got to interview Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, Nicole Sauce from Living Free in Tennessee, William Bond, the Permaculture Consultant, and Patrick Henry, the President of the Midwest Preparedness Project. Get links to all of their stuff below. Midwest Preparedness Project Festival: https://midwestpreparednessproject.com Joel Salatin: https://polyfacefarms.com Nicole Sauce https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/ William Bond: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePermacultureConsultant GET THE FULL LIST OF SOURCES AND BECOME A PREMIUM MEMBER ON SUBSTACK: https://rebunked.substack.com PLEASE HELP ME OVERRIDE THE TYRANTS AND GO SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL, LIKE, COMMENT AND SHARE THIS EPISODE FROM YOUTUBE! WE CAN TAKE BACK THAT PLATFORM! https://www.youtube.com/@rebunked Trade In Your State Sponsored Indoctrination for a Method of Learning o Create Self-Reliance with Autonomy (SEASON 13 STARTS SOON!) https://www.universityofreason.com/a/2147825829/2WU6ALrf Links to ALL of my Projects: https://linktr.ee/Rebunked Get my New Album “Universal Basic Awesome” with unreleased track and MERCH at https://RebunkedRecords.com ALL THE MUSIC VIDEOS: https://youtube.com/@RebunkedRecords INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/rebunkednew TWITTER: https://twitter.com/rebunkednews TELEGRAM: https://t.me/Rebunkednews Start your Heavy Metal Detox: https://TruthTRS.com Tip Jar: https://GiveSendGo.com/Rebunked Rebunked on Substack: https://Rebunked.substack.com Rebunked News is happy to shout out: Supercharge your health with the amazing supplements at Chemical Free Body! https://chemicalfreebody.com/?rfsn=7505813.fa2d09 VALUE-FOR-VALUE DONATION: https://Rebunked.news VENMO: https://account.venmo.com/u/rebunked CASHAPP: https://cash.app/$rebunked PAYPAL: https://Paypal.me/Rebunked T-SHIRTS: https://Rebunked.news/Shirts Bitcoin bc1q2fkqag2j66kml2n0sckrx29uq2us0almqg6vsz Ethereum Address: 0x49fC9735bb023C6955BD5e04b8Db096e1920cAA9
In this episode I was joined by Joel Salatin. We discussed some of the biggest challenges to small producers today, how can farmers transition from traditional agriculture to more natural production and increase profits at the same time. We also talked about how homesteaders can adapt some of Joel's techniques raising small livestock like poultry and rabbits and the importance of ethical slaughter. We then moved in to leader follower grazing systems, helping our local producers and a ton more. Today's episode of Friday Flashbacks was originally published on 12-16-11 and was originally Episode-805- Joel Salatin from Polyface Farms. The … Continue reading →
Regenerative farming pioneer Joel Salatin joins Dr. Jordan B. Peterson to challenge the myth that cows are bad for the planet. They explore how pasture-based farming restores ecosystems, the dangers of industrial agriculture, and why storytelling matters in the fight for the future of food. Joel Salatin, dubbed the "Lunatic Farmer," is a Christian libertarian environmentalist and one of the most outspoken voices in regenerative agriculture. Co-owner of Polyface Farm in Virginia, he supplies thousands with pasture-raised meats and teaches sustainable farming worldwide. With 16 books, such as “The Omnivore's Dilemma," countless columns, and a wildly engaging speaking style, Salatin blends mischief, grit, and deep cultural insight to challenge how we think about food, freedom, and stewardship of the land. This episode was filmed on March, 10th, 2025. | Links | For Joel Salatin: On X https://x.com/joelsalatin?lang=en Polyface Farms website https://polyfacefarms.com/ Read “Homestead Tsunami: Good for Country, Critters, and Kids” https://a.co/d/5gg3vAV Read “You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise” https://a.co/d/fX8wSWF
Regenerative Farming: Healing the Land One Bite at a Time Guest Joel Salatin, Owner, Polyface Farm What if consumers could gradually move away from purchasing energy-intensive industrial food and go back to buying whole foods farmed with earth-friendly methods? Every such purchase would help those people heal themselves and heal the land, rebuild healthy soil, clear the air and purify the water. Many people are under the misconception that cattle contribute to increases in greenhouse gases. Guest Joel Salatin tells the real story. With a room full of debate trophies, 16 published books and a thriving multi-generational family farm, Salatin can clearly explain how to manage cattle, so that they can solve some of today's most pressing ecological concerns. He is world-renowned for using livestock to rebuild the land and soil. He applies chemical free farming methods and shows how animal husbandry is one of the answers to a greener, cleaner, healthier world for all. Salatin is also a delightful storyteller, who characterizes himself as a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Many describe him as the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. He draws on a lifetime of food, farming and fantasy to entertain and inspire audiences around the world. Salatin devotes one segment of this episode to talking about Beyond Labels, which he co-authored with Dr. Sina McCollough. who has a Ph.D. in Nutrition and actually understands unpronounceable carbon chains, Beyond Labels is an informative and entertaining book that leads readers on a journey from generally unhealthy food and farming to an ultimately healing place. INFORMATION RESOURCES Read the Musings of a Lunatic Farmer - https://www.thelunaticfarmer.com/blog Shop the Polyface Farms farm store - https://polyfacefarms.com/ Subscribe to the Beyond Labels podcast - https://beyondlabels.supportingcast.fm/ Order the Beyond Labels book - https://polyfaceshop.com/Beyond-Labels-p592404762 Check out Joel Salatin's full list of books and DVDs - https://polyfaceshop.com/BOOKS-&-DVDS-c43252175 RELATED PODCASTS Why Eating Organic is Crucial to the Planet with Zen Honeycutt - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/eating-organic-crucial-future-planet/ Soil Science and Bionutrition with Dan Kittredge - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/soil-science-and-bionutrition/ Farm to School with Stephanie Bush - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/farm-to-school/ Farm and Forest Schooling for Kids with Kelly McNiff - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/farm-forest-schooling-kids/ Backyard Farming for Self-Sufficiency with Mike Mandeville - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/backyard-farming-for-self-sufficiency/ Agrohomeopathy for Healthier Farms and Gardens with Kris White - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/agrohomeopathy-for-healthier-farms-and-gardens/ Read about DIPG: Eternal Hope Versus Terminal Corruption by Dean Fachon begin to uncover the truth about cancer - https://dipgbook.com/ Learn more at https://netwalkri.com email storywalkerwendy@gmail.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards. Subscribe to Wendy's blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog. Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Join John Bush and his wife and business partner Rebecca for a LIVE show breaking down what's to come with the Exit and Build Land Summit taking place May 23rd and 24th at Joel Salatin's PolyFace Farms. John and Rebecca will share who is speaking and will announce the schedule, which is chock full of interactive workshops and powerful talks. In the second half of the show they'll be joined by old school liberty rocker, Jordan Page, who will be performing during the event. Learn more about the Land Summit and get tickets here: https://exitandbuildlandsummit.com *** Support Our Sponsors and Partners: CrowdHealth is revolutionizing how we handle medical bills. ✅ No networks. ✅ Transparent costs. ✅ Support from a like-minded community. USE CODE LFA at checkout to get a discounted membership of $99/month for the first 6 months. https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/promo... ***
In this powerful episode of The One Dream Podcast, Dr. Nick and Leah Wilson sit down with legendary regenerative farmer Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm to unpack the truth behind the rising egg prices, the so-called bird flu epidemic, and what's really happening in our food supply chain. Joel shares what most people don't know about the mass culling of chickens, the fraudulent testing protocols, and how government and industry policies are undermining both farmers and consumers. Together, we explore what individuals and families can do to opt out of a broken system and take back control of their food and health. In this episode, we discuss: The real reasons behind skyrocketing egg prices and the bird flu narrative Why 160+ million healthy chickens have been unnecessarily killed — and who profits from it How the PCR tests used to identify bird flu are fundamentally flawed The untold story of gain-of-function research driving more virulent bird flu strains The mRNA vaccine push for animals and what it means for your food Why knowing your farmer and your food is essential for protecting health and freedom Practical ways families can take action, from backyard chickens to sourcing real food Resources mentioned in this episode: Polyface Farms on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polyfacefarm?igsh=bThmNXBkYWljcXpv The Lunatic Farmer Blog (One of Leah's favorites): https://www.thelunaticfarmer.com Stand For Health Freedom — Bird Flu Resource: Message "bird flu" to @standforhealthfreedom on Instagram to get a direct link to everything you need to know about bird flu If this conversation gave you a fresh perspective, share it with a friend who's questioning the system and wants to live a healthier, freer life. And don't forget to subscribe to The One Dream Podcast so you never miss an episode. Follow The One Dream Podcast on Instagram.
Find more from Joel Salatin HERE: https://polyfacefarms.com/ Josh Sigurdson talks with Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, an entrepreneur and farmer who for years has fought against Monsanto, factory farming and dependence pushing for people to homestead and/or farm and not be dependent on the system. We previously interviewed Joel in 2017 regarding Monsanto. Now, 8 years later, we delve into the massively expanded technocratic grid as more than ever, people are dependent on grocery stores, the grid and AI, weakened by design. The World Economic Forum agenda is to destroy self sustainability and make people weak slaves to technocracy. Eventually they want food rations and carbon credit scores. They're already being rolled out to some degree and with the 2024 United Nations Pact For The Future, this problem is encroaching quicker than ever. The climate lobby attempting to bring down farms is more alive than ever. There are solutions however which Joel Salatin has spent decades teaching people. There is also a rumor circulating that Joel Salatin was picked to head the USDA. He explains this and more in this interview. Stay tuned for more from WAM! GET NON-MRNA FREEZE DRIED MEAT HERE: https://wambeef.com/ Use code WAMBEEF to save 20%! GET HEIRLOOM SEEDS & NON GMO SURVIVAL FOOD HERE: https://heavensharvest.com/ USE Code WAM to save 5% plus free shipping! Get local, healthy, pasture raised meat delivered to your door here: https://wildpastures.com/promos/save-20-for-life/bonus15?oid=6&affid=321 USE THE LINK & get 20% off for life and $15 off your first box! SIGN UP FOR HOMESTEADING COURSES NOW: https://freedomfarmers.com/link/17150/ Get Prepared & Start The Move Towards Real Independence With Curtis Stone's Courses! GET YOUR APRICOT SEEDS at the life-saving Richardson Nutritional Center HERE: https://rncstore.com/r?id=bg8qc1 GET TICKETS TO ANARCHAPULCO HERE: https://anarchapulco.com/ Save money by using code WAM GET YOUR WAV WATCH HERE: https://buy.wavwatch.com/WAM Use Code WAM to save $100 and purchase amazing healing frequency technology! GET ORGANIC CHAGA MUSHROOMS HERE: https://alaskachaga.com/wam Use code WAM to save money! See shop for a wide range of products! GET AMAZING MEAT STICKS HERE: https://4db671-1e.myshopify.com/discount/WAM?rfsn=8425577.918561&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=8425577.918561 USE CODE WAM TO SAVE MONEY! GET YOUR FREEDOM KELLY KETTLE KIT HERE: https://patriotprepared.com/shop/freedom-kettle/ Use Code WAM and enjoy many solutions for the outdoors in the face of the impending reset! BUY GOLD HERE: https://firstnationalbullion.com/schedule-consult/ HELP SUPPORT US AS WE DOCUMENT HISTORY HERE: https://gogetfunding.com/help-wam-cover-history/ PayPal: ancientwonderstelevision@gmail.com FIND OUR CoinTree page here: https://cointr.ee/joshsigurdson JOIN US on SubscribeStar here: https://www.subscribestar.com/world-alternative-media For subscriber only content! Pledge here! Just a dollar a month can help us alive! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2652072&ty=h&u=2652072 BITCOIN ADDRESS: 18d1WEnYYhBRgZVbeyLr6UfiJhrQygcgNU World Alternative Media 2025
What if everything you've been told about food safety, farming, and “sustainable” agriculture is a lie? Factory farms, government overreach, and chemical-laced food—yeah, we're going there. Today, I'm sitting down with none other than Joel Salatin—the self-proclaimed ‘Lunatic Farmer'—to shatter the myths of conventional farming and expose the broken system controlling our food. In this episode, we're diving into: ✔️ Why factory farming is an environmental disaster—and how it's crushing small farmers ✔️ The dirty truth about food safety laws & how they don't actually protect YOU ✔️ What real regenerative, sustainable farming looks like (hint: it's NOT what you see in the grocery store) ✔️ The Food Emancipation Proclamation – how we take back control of what we eat If you care about what's on your plate, the future of food, and real freedom—this episode is for you. Dubbed the ‘Lunatic Farmer,' Joel Salatin is a pioneer of regenerative agriculture and one of the most outspoken voices in food sovereignty. His family-run Polyface Farm in Virginia has become a model for sustainable, ethical farming, proving that chemical-free, pasture-based farming is not only possible but essential. A best-selling author and speaker, Joel challenges the broken food system, advocating for small-scale farmers and consumer choice in an industry dominated by corporate giants. This isn't just about farming—it's about taking back control of what's on your plate. ✴️ Connect with Polyface Farms on Facebook & Instagram
Get ready for an eye-opening conversation with the legendary Joel Salatin, founder of , as we dissect the future of the food supply and economy in the United States. Joel brings his trademark wit and wisdom to a discussion about economic scenarios like recession and hyperinflation, using a wasp nest analogy to predict how these challenges could impact food production. From deficit spending to potential government interventions, we explore the instability that might arise and the resilience needed to navigate such uncertain times. We also dive into the world of direct food sourcing, emphasizing the importance of cutting down on ultra-processed foods and fostering connections with local farmers. Learn how to fortify your food supply by exploring farmer's markets, community-supported agriculture, and even backyard gardening. This episode offers practical tips on cultivating your own food oasis at home, turning ornamental gardens into edible landscapes that boost both sustainability and self-sufficiency. Finally, we explore the ethical dimensions of food production, from the rise of non-GMO farming to the humane treatment of animals. Joel shares his unconventional yet sustainable farming practices, emphasizing stewardship over ownership and the role of faith in his life. In a conversation that moves from local to global, we touch on the role of consumer choice in supporting farmers and fostering a healthier ecosystem. Join us for insights that span from the farm to the table, with an emphasis on collaboration and growth in the food industry. ------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter Timestamps (00:16) - The Future of Food Supply (10:24) - The Benefits of Direct Food Sourcing (18:36) - Direct Food Sourcing and Self-Sufficiency (25:23) - Respecting Animals in Food Production (40:13) - Culinary Philosophy and Sustainable Farming (51:52) - Networking in the Food Industry ---------------------------------------------- Chapter 1 The Future of Food Supply 00:16 This chapter features a compelling discussion with Joel Salatin, the founder of Polyface Farms, about the current state and future of the food supply and economy. We explore potential economic outcomes for the U.S. in the next five years, considering possibilities such as recession, depression, or hyperinflation, while acknowledging the unpredictability of such events. Salatin provides insights into the consequences of deficit spending and potential governmental actions like price controls, which could disrupt industries like food production. Using an analogy of a wasp nest, he illustrates the potential instability and reactionary measures that may arise from economic dysfunction, offering a thought-provoking perspective on the challenges and resilience needed in uncertain times. Chapter 2 The Benefits of Direct Food Sourcing 10:24 This chapter focuses on the importance of reducing the consumption of ultra-processed foods and establishing a direct connection to your food sources. We emphasize the significance of opting for local farmer's markets, community-supported agriculture, and even direct shipments from farms like Polyface Farms, which offers nationwide delivery. The conversation highlights the benefits of decentralizing food systems to enhance resilience against disruptions, like those seen in 2020. We also explore how individuals with backyard spaces can start growing their own food by planting what they enjoy eating, considering both perennials like berries and orchard trees, and annuals like vegetables. The chapter suggests utilizing raised beds for child-friendly gardening and promoting edible landscaping to replace ornamental plants with those that provide food, thereby maximizing the utility of garden spaces. Chapter 3 Direct Food Sourcing and Self-Sufficiency 18:36 This chapter takes us on a journey through the historical and contemporary implications of food security, using the backdrop of Anne Frank's story to illustrate the resilience of rural communities during crises. We explore how the ability to source food directly from the countryside provided a lifeline during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam and consider parallels to modern urban vulnerabilities. The conversation shifts to discussing the significance of maintaining a well-stocked pantry and staying healthy to mitigate the impact of societal disruptions. Attention is given to the prevalence of GMOs and additives in modern diets, encouraging listeners to seek out non-GMO foods and support local farmers. By becoming patrons of clean, sustainable agriculture, individuals can play a crucial role in enabling farmers to thrive and reduce reliance on supermarket chains. Chapter 4 Respecting Animals in Food Production 25:23 This chapter examines the growing trend of non-GMO farming and the impact of consumer choices on the food system, emphasizing the importance of supporting non-GMO products to promote healthier ecosystems and sustainable practices. We discuss the potential health implications of additives in industrial food products, such as antifreeze agents in ice cream, and how discerning consumers can identify more natural alternatives. Additionally, we explore the ethical considerations surrounding animal farming, highlighting the differences between industrial and small-scale operations. The conversation touches on the respect and care smaller farms tend to have for their animals, which may contribute to higher quality meat that cooks faster and retains better texture due to reduced stress and adrenaline levels in the animals. This discussion underscores the interconnectedness of food production, consumer choice, and environmental and ethical considerations. Chapter 5 Culinary Philosophy and Sustainable Farming 40:13 This chapter explores the journey and philosophy of Joel, a self-proclaimed "lunatic farmer," who has embraced unconventional farming practices that prioritize ecological sustainability over traditional methods. Joel shares how he has been marginalized by the conventional agricultural community, drawing parallels to political figures like RFK Jr., and how he has chosen to embrace his outsider status with humor and resilience. We delve into Joel's holistic view of farming, where he emphasizes stewardship over ownership, viewing land and livestock as God's creations that require responsible management. His approach has allowed him to remain unaffected by global events like the fertilizer crisis following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Joel also touches on the importance of faith and family, describing himself as a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist, and underscores the need for cultural appreciation and collaboration. This narrative concludes with a reflection on the positive atmosphere of a Ron Paul conference, contrasting it with more divisive gatherings. Chapter 6 Networking in the Food Industry 51:52 This chapter focuses on a conversation where I express my gratitude for a guest's participation and apologize for exceeding time limits. I offer my public relations expertise and access to a broad range of press contacts, particularly in the farm and libertarian freedom sectors. The guest, who frequently participates in various podcasts covering topics from business to food, expresses interest in the contacts I can provide. I conclude by reaffirming the positive experience of the exchange and extending my support through sharing valuable media connections, thus aiming to enhance future opportunities for both of us. Joel Salatin, Polyface Farms, Food Supply, Economy, United States, Recession, Hyperinflation, Wasp Nest Analogy, Economic Scenarios, Deficit Spending, Government Interventions, Direct Food Sourcing, Ultra-Processed Foods, Local Farmers, Farmer's Markets, Community-Supported Agriculture, Backyard Gardening, Edible Landscapes, Sustainability, Self-Sufficiency, Ethical Dimensions, Non-GMO Farming, Humane Treatment, Sustainable Farming Practices, Stewardship, Faith, Consumer Choice, Food Production, Resilience, Collaboration, Networking, Public Relations, Press Contacts, Positive Experience
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If you know anything about homesteading, you know who Joel Salatin is. Joel has been farming and teaching about farming for decades, and he brings his wealth of experience to this conversation for the new homesteader. What is the bigger picture of homesteading? How can you make money on a homestead? What should you avoid when purchasing land? If you are hoping to start a homestead or have already started your homesteading journey, this episode is full of the encouragement and practical knowledge you need! In this episode, we cover: How starting a homestead in 2024 is different than previous generations You don't need as much land as you think to start a homestead If you can only have one stream of income from your homestead, do this! Can you actually save money raising your own meat? The top small farm mistakes to avoid What to look for when shopping for homestead property How to expand your farm offerings if you want to make a living on your homestead An explanation for the rise in agrotourism and the opportunity it presents to homesteaders The importance of building a strong community among farmers and homesteaders What is the point of homesteading anyways? View full show notes on the blog + watch this episode on YouTube. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that make this show possible! ABOUT JOEL Joel Salatin calls himself a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Others who like him call him the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture, and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. Those who don't like him call him a bio-terrorist, Typhoid Mary, charlatan, and starvation advocate. With 12 published books and a thriving multi-generational family farm, he draws on a lifetime of food, farming, and fantasy to entertain and inspire audiences around the world. He's as comfortable moving cows in a pasture as addressing CEOs at a Wall Street business conference. He co-owns, with his family, Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. Featured in the New York Times bestseller Omnivore's Dilemma and award-winning documentary Food Inc., the farm services more than 5,000 families, 50 restaurants, 10 retail outlets, and a farmers' market with salad bar beef, pigaerator pork, pastured poultry, and forestry products. When he's not on the road speaking, he's at home on the farm, keeping the callouses on his hands and dirt under his fingernails, mentoring young people, inspiring visitors, and promoting local, regenerative food and farming systems. Salatin is the editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer, granddaddy catalyst for the grass farming movement. He writes the Pitchfork Pulpit column for Mother Earth News, as well as numerous guest articles for ACRES USA and other publications. A frequent guest on radio programs and podcasts targeting preppers, homesteaders, and foodies, Salatin's practical, can-do solutions tied to passionate soliloquies for sustainability offer everyone food for thought and plans for action. RESOURCES The Lean Farm books by Ben Hartman Selling the Invisible by Harry Beckwith The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer by Joel Salatin Polyface Micro by Joel Salatin Looking to earn an income from your YouTube channel? Join my YouTube Success Masterclass today! Explore all of my course offerings including sourdough, sewing, blogging, and YouTube CONNECT Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms | Website | Instagram | Facebook Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | Blog | YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Pinterest Do you have a question you'd like me to answer on the podcast? A guest you'd like me to interview? Submit your questions and ideas here: bit.ly/SFLquestions.
Join host Taylor Henry on the Acres USA podcast as he engages with Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, a pioneer in regenerative agriculture. This insightful episode explores Joel's innovative rotational grazing, sustainable farming practices, and the role of local food systems in creating resilient agricultural environments. Discover how Joel tackles environmental challenges while reducing external dependencies, shares his effective marketing strategies, and discusses the significant impact of technology on modern farming efficiency. Gain inspiration from Joel's reflections on influential figures and ideas shaping the regenerative farming movement, and understand the growing influence of health-conscious consumerism in agriculture. This episode is essential for anyone interested in sustainable farming, technological adaptation, and transforming agriculture into a thriving, eco-friendly enterprise. Joel Salatin will be at our 49th Annual Eco-Ag Conference in Madison, WI on December 2-5. Go register online to attend! Joel brings decades of experience with trial and error methods to revolutionize the way the world farms. Joel will be a keynote speaker at this year's conference, you will not want to miss this opportunity to see him speak! Register for the 2024 Eco-Ag Conference Here: https://conference.eco-ag.com/conference- Other Important Links from Today's Episode: https://members.acresusa.com https://www.acresusa.com/ https://polyfacefarms.com/
Daniel Salatin is the Operations Manager at Polyface Farms in Swoope, VA. He joins us to talk about the day to day operations at Polyface, leading the program to develop the skills of new farmers and what he's learned through experience as a hands on farmer. Rooted In Organic Podcast is sponsored by Byron Seeds and SoilBiotics
As one of America's most outspoken pioneers of regenerative agriculture, Joel Salatin is popularly known as The Lunatic Farmer. Others have accused him of being a bio-terrorist, Typhoid Mary, a charlatan, and starvation advocate. Less of a lunatic and more of an agricultural visionary, however, Salatin has transformed his family's Polyface Farms in idyllic western Virginia into one of America's leading laboratories for non-industrial food production. So when I visited Joel at Polyface recently, we talked about the principles of regenerative agriculture and why the Lunatic Farmer believes that America can be healed, “one bite at a time”, if we can radically change what we eat.Joel Salatin, 64, calls himself a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Others who like him call him the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture, and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. Those who don't like him call him a bio-terrorist, Typhoid Mary, charlatan, and starvation advocate. With a room full of debate trophies from high school and college days, 15 published books, and a thriving multi-generational family farm, he draws on a lifetime of food, farming and fantasy to entertain and inspire audiences around the world. He's as comfortable moving cows in a pasture as addressing CEOs in a Wall Street business conference. His wide-ranging topics include nitty-gritty how-to for profitable regenerative farming as well as cultural philosophy like orthodoxy vs. heresy. A wordsmith and master communicator, he moves audiences from laughs one minute to tears the next, from frustration to hopefulness. Often receiving standing ovations, he prefers the word performance rather than presentation to describe his lectures. His favorite activity?–Q&A. “I love the interaction,” he says. He co-owns, with his family, Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. Featured in the New York Times bestseller Omnivore's Dilemma and award-winning documentary Food Inc., the farm services more than 5,000 families, 50 restaurants, 10 retail outlets, and a farmers' market with salad bar beef, pigaerator pork, pastured poultry, and forestry products. When he's not on the road speaking, he's at home on the farm, keeping the callouses on his hands and dirt under his fingernails, mentoring young people, inspiring visitors, and promoting local, regenerative food and farming systems. Salatin is the editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer, granddaddy catalyst for the grass farming movement. He writes the "Confessions of a Steward" monthly column for Plain Values magazine, the "Homestead Abundance" column for Homestead Living magazine, and three columns a month for the e-magazine Manward. He also co-hosts a podcast titled BEYOND LABELS with co-author of that book Dr. Sina McCullough.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe
In this episode, we chat with John from Ohio, and he discusses how Regionalism, Local Planning and how Global Policy hits our back yard, while exposing Agenda 21. John's SubStack: https://commonsenseadvocate.substack.comEmail us: thefacthunter@mail.com Website: thefacthunter.com Snail Mail: George Hobbs PO Box 109 Goldsboro, MD 21636Show Notes:Behind the Green Mask: U.N. Agenda 21 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0615494544?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_QGJ4DC307DD8T5NM7FW7&skipTwisterOG=1 ICLEI https://iclei.org/network_city/city-of-cleveland-oh/ Agenda 21 https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/milestones/unced/agenda21 Paris Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement#:~:text=The%20EU%20and%20194%20states,also%20not%20ratified%20the%20agreement. NOACA https://www.noaca.org CODE OF REGULATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST OHIO AREAWIDE COORDINATING AGENCY https://cuyahogacms.blob.core.windows.net/home/docs/default-source/boards-and-commissions/other/noaca.pdf?sfvrsn=eafdbf3b_3 Cleveland Foundation 990 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/340714588/202303189349316490/full American Journalism Project Inc https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/831772542/202302939349300835/full Ronald B. Richard https://www.uhhospitals.org/about-uh/leadership/uh-board-of-directors/ronald-richard Chris Ronayne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ronayne 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference Biden Administration Lays Out 30x30 Vision to Conserve Nature https://www.nrdc.org/bio/helen-oshea/biden-administration-lays-out-30x30-vision-conserve-nature Polyface Farms https://polyfacefarms.com Catherine Austin Fitts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Austin_Fitts Eminent Domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain The Solari Report https://home.solari.com What can Minnesota teach us about sharing? Cleveland 2030, A Way Forward https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/09/what-can-minnesota-teach-us-about-sharing-cleveland-2030-a-way-forward.html
In this second half of our retrospective look at one of "Kibbe on Liberty's" most frequent and entertaining guests, Matt Kibbe talks to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) about a wide range of topics, including food freedom, the surveillance state, foreign policy, and how the congressman became the most hated man in Washington. This special "best of" edition of "Kibbe on Liberty" also features clips from Massie's appearances with former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard and Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, as well as the remote interviews recorded during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Be sure to check out Sassy with Massie (Part 1), if you missed it!
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Please join me in welcoming Joel Salatin! Joel explains how all food is carefully sanctioned. With so many government, food, and zoning regulations, it's very difficult for small farmers to enter the market. To solve this problem, Joel started the Rogue Food Conference with John Moody in the spring of 2020 with the theme “Circumvention, Not Compliance.” When laws inhibit competition with larger producers, it's more efficient to circumvent rather than comply with the rigorous regulations. The upcoming Rogue Food Conference will be held at Joel's farm, Polyface Farms, in Virginia. It showcases the unique ideas that people use to get their products to the masses. Many small farmers favor the private membership association model, which will be debated at the conference! Another creative way that people are able to sell their food or products is by selling them as a component of a course. Some farmers might sell a butchering course online for $300 that also comes with 50 pounds of meat. There are two Rogue Food Conferences each year. This year, it'll be held in Virginia in the spring and Dallas in the fall. Farmers' markets are a great place to find local farmers and healthier food that's not produced by large corporations. Look for boutiques or privately owned food stores and ask if you're looking for a specific food, even if they aren't selling it. Farmers know other farmers! The key to our health is REAL food, so looking for great farmers is worth the hunt. LINK TO THE UPCOMING EVENT: https://roguefoodconference.com/ EVENT DATE: MAY 18, 2024 Check out Joel's YouTube Channel: / @farmlikealunatic
One of the legends and pioneers in the space, it was amazing getting to have Joel Salatin on the podcast. We briefly covered his backstory, current agriculture climate and the proposed animal tagging, chicken feed, what can be done to bring more folks into the regenerative ag space, and more!
We're back with our friends Thad and Gayle Montgomery (Melvins Farm to Fork, Sweeland Farms) for another Appalachian Farmer episode. We discussed their upcoming event "God-Given Food as Medicine" and the amazing speakers they'll have in attendance, and something we'll be attending and hoping to get some good conversation. We also talked about how food is connected to the earth, government regulations, Polyface Farms, and raids on raw milk farms. http://www.patreon.com/getontaphttps://www.appalachianpodcast.orghttps://www.facebook.com/AppalachianPodcasthttps://twitter.com/GetOnTaphttps://www.instagram.com/theappalachianpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084420137669https://www.melvinsfarm2fork.com/https://www.facebook.com/harwellgriceSupport the show
On today's episode, Rachel interviews Parker and Lauren Holmes of Holmestead Provisions. Parker and Lauren started out on a different path but an apprenticeship at Polyface Farms changed the trajectory of their homestead and their way of thinking. The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Episode 215 – August 16, 2023 Find the shownotes and all the links mentioned for this episode at https://redemptionpermaculture.com/building-an-efficient-and-productive-homestead-guests-parker-and-lauren-holmes/ Learn More About Our Membership Club at https://modernhomesteadingmembership.com
A conversation with the self-identified Christian, libertarian, environmentalist, capitalist, lunatic farmer - Joel Salatin, of Polyface Farms in rural Virginia about his family mission to share their the holistic and sustainable farming practices with all like minded people - and improving lives by healing that connection between gut and mental health.
How are you cultivating connections in your community? On this episode of the Thriving Farmer Podcast, we are hosting Christine and Steven Bailey, founders of The Kindred Farm, in Santa Fe, TN. Together, Christine, an author and podcast host and Chef Steven a.k.a “The Korean Farmer”, are growing vibrant produce, flowers, and bees in a sustainable way that heals the land and grows into beautiful food. They also offer sold-out farm-to-table dinners under the stars at their seasonal Kindred Dinners along with monthly Market Days and hands-on classes like Artisan Pizza for Beginners. Shortly after seeing the documentary, Food, Inc. in 2009, Steven and Christine were inspired by farmer and author Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms in Virginia and began supporting the local farms movement. At the end of 2015, they sold their business, dismantled their lives of over a decade in urban Dallas and decided to move to middle Tennessee, just south of Nashville. Tune in to hear the fine details about how they do popular farm table dinners that sell out in a day and get the word out to more kindred spirits in their area! You'll hear: How Steven and Christine got started in farming 2:02 The different enterprises on The Kindred Farm 4:26 The staff and management at The Kindred Farm 14.28 Their philosophy on marketing their farm 16:23 The story behind Christine's book The Kindred Life 26:10 How they know when it's time to shift their focus 35:54 The "fun" endeavor they tried that actually turned highly profitable 38:41 Steven and Christine's advice for someone just getting started in farming 46:06 Their favorite farming tool 53:58 Products mentioned in the show: Tater Tats Christine's book The Kindred Life The Homi tool About the Guest: At Kindred Farm, cultivating connection is the heart of everything they do. They are Christine and Steven Bailey - an author/podcaster and a chef. On their 17 acres in Santa Fe, Tennessee, they are raising vibrant produce, flowers, and bees in a sustainable way that heals the land and grows into beautiful food. They also gather the community at long farm tables under the stars at their seasonal Kindred Dinners. They believe life is meant to be shared in community, and they create unique, handmade artisan goods for The Kindred Farm Store with that in mind. Kindred Farm is a place where you can come and be nourished: find connection in the land, in community, and around the table. Slow down, exhale, and then take some “kindred” home with you, wherever you go. Resources: Website: https://www.thekindredfarm.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thekindredfarm Instagram: http://instagram.com/thekindredfarm Sign up for their newsletter here. The Thriving Farmer Podcast Team would like to thank our amazing sponsor! Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement that provides an add-on certification held by over 1,000 certified organic, family-owned operations across North America. Real Organic Project strives to uplift farms working within the spirit, not just the letter, of organic principles. Real Organic certified farmers use practices that are centered around the foundational organic principles of soil-based crop production and pasture-based livestock agriculture. To remain accessible to all types of farmers, Real Organic Project fundraises year round to keep this certification available at no cost to farmers. You can apply today at realorganicproject.org/thrivingfarmer.
Sometimes you're fortunate enough to meet someone by chance and your interaction — even if short, has a significant impact on your life. When I happened upon Tom Scannell in May of 2020 during a family trip to Pine Island, Florida, I knew I'd found a fellow freedom fighter in this humble yet extremely driven lifelong, extremely fit farmer. He gave us a tour of his Pineshine Farms, patiently answered my barrage of questions and very generously gave me a book that is now one of my favorite reads: Everything I Want to do is Illegal by Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farms.Tom is a rebel in the agricultural space. He had to unlearn most of what he was taught to grow “beyond organic” food in a regenerative fashion, and I admire his focuses on appreciating beauty in Nature and harmonizing with our natural resources. I also love that he's not afraid to “fail forward” nor speak the truth, whether it means exposing the ties between big agriculture and the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, discussing the war on real milk or pointing out the scary fact that just four meat processors control ninety percent of the United States industry. Salatin's book goes into excellent detail on this, as well as the ridiculous hurdles our government (funded by big ag) makes small farmers jump in order to run their operations. It's hair-pull-out maddening!Tom rightfully comments that in today's terribly busy and off track society that Americans “take better care of their cars than their bodies… and spend more on lawn care than growing food.” Do not despair as there is plenty of hope within his message! Tom also explains how the environment in which we live and the foods we consume can help us greatly in creating or regaining our health. And we discuss how intentional purchasing from local farmers helps heal your body, the soil and the community. Give episode 32 a listen here or on Apple, Spotify or Google Play. If you choose to use one of the latter three, please take a moment to give me a review to help spread the word about our metabolic mission of helping people (re)discover their vitality through real, whole foods and the pleasures of the table! Follow Pineshine on Instagram or Facebook: https://www.instagram.com/pineshinefarms/https://www.facebook.com/pineshinefarmsOn a pleasures of the table note, I'm thrilled to announce that I'm now writing a monthly column for Selene River Press, the leader in holistic education for over 30 years! My first piece is “Forgetting the Pleasures of the Table is the Missing Piece of the Metabolic Health Puzzle:"https://www.seleneriverpress.com/forgetting-the-pleasures-of-the-table-the-missing-piece-of-the-metabolic-health-puzzle/Know anyone who would like to feel fabulously vital?!! Consider gifting The Nourishment Mindset available on Amazon or FavorFat.com for a signed copy with complimentary shipping.Santé y'all! Have a nourished week and see you next Tuesday. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit favorfat.substack.com
We fondly refer to Joel as the grandfather of the homesteading community. With decades of experience in the farming and homesteading world, he brings incredible insight to this discussion of the current state of homesteading. Joel's upcoming book, Homestead Tsunami, serves as a source of inspiration and aspiration for those who desire to articulate a solid “why” behind their decision to live a homesteading lifestyle. No matter where you are on the homesteading spectrum, may you find encouragement that this way of life is worth it. In this episode, we cover: Why are so many people flocking toward homesteading right now? Rejecting fear-based motivations and moving forward in faith A picture of homesteading in Israel How homesteading is like building an ark Raising hard working children of integrity in our current culture The power of disconnecting from manmade things and connecting to God's creation Exploring what is behind the urban vs. rural mindset How to ignite meaningful change in our current climate View full show notes and transcript on the blog + watch this episode on YouTube. RESOURCES MENTIONED About Joel's upcoming book: Homestead Tsunami Polyface Micro by Joel Salatin The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher Crunchy Cons by Rod Dreher CONNECT Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms | Website | Instagram | Facebook Homesteaders of America | Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Pinterest Join us at the Homesteaders of America Conference in October 2023!
Famed farmer Joel Salatin, the co-owner of Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia, joins Julia La Roche on episode 58. Joel, featured in the New York Times bestseller The Omnivore's Dilemma and the award-winning documentary Food Inc., has been called "the most famous farmer in America." He calls himself a "Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer." In this episode, Joel shares how his style of regenerative farming is having a cinderella moment. He also outlines the frailties of a centralized industrial food system and why the decentralized, more democratized model is the way forward. According to Joel, it's the only system that can ultimately feed the world because it's the only system that honors sustainability and regenerative capacity. Learn more about Polyface and visit the farm here. Subscribe to The Julia La Roche Show's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheJuliaLaRocheShow Follow Julia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JuliaLaRoche 0:00 Intro 1:10 Big picture 1:40 Fragilities of centralized, industrial food system 2:35 Prices in the industrial sector have escalated 3:00 Polyface working with decentralized, democratized suppliers 3:44 A cinderella moment for Polyface 4:00 Answers, resiliency 4:50 Didn't have to raise prices as much 5:58 Ways to buy better with less money 7:55 Use your kitchen 11:00 How'd we get so far away from where our food comes from? 12:30 No freedom without participation 14:00 How to get involved 17:39 The biggest lie 19:28 Polyface Farms regenerative farming 20:00 Biomimicry 24:00 When you fight nature, nature tends to fight back 26:00 The only system that can feed the world 27:40 Scale not by centralization but by decentralization 29:40 Production per acre is way above the industry 37:10 If we had a Manhattan Project in 39:50 Living things can heal 43:00 A violation of life principle 44:00 Stigma of farming 45:49 The intellectual agrarian 46:30 The regeneration economy 48:00 You Can't have a respected farm community and a cheap food policy 49:40 Power is in the consumers' hands 51:00 80/20 Rule 55:00 Will there be a reckoning of the factory farming model?
Ever had a family joke that went too far? Paul has. And now he's knee-deep in chicken feathers. From the US Marine Corps to first-generation farmer, Paul is more innovator than farmer in some ways. I'm thinking he could probably do anything as long as it's really challenging. This is the story of Pasturebird and the journey from 50 to 1 million chickens, a week. Two other Talk Farm to Me episodes are referenced in this episode. 1) Joel Salatin, Polyface Farms and 2) Will Harris, White Oak PasturesTalk Farm to Me is part of the nationwide For Farmers Movement to support farmers, to understand what they do, to replace myths with facts, and to provide financial support through mini-grants twice a year. For more information, check out www.forfarmersmovement.com.Follow me on Instagram @xoxofarmgirl and reach out to me there with any ideas or questions. When you're done listening to this episode, show your love by sharing it and leaving a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. xoxo, Farm Girl -- Dana ;)
Joel Salatin from Polyface farms joins me on Zoom to talk about some of the problems in ag, and how things could look in the future. Polyface Farms website --------------------- Buy BoBoLinks Here! One Earth Health Beef organ pills! RedHillsRancher.com My Patreon My Linktree --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ranching-reboot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ranching-reboot/support
Between the pandemic, drought issues, and the war in Ukraine, issues around the world food supply and distribution have become front and center. How can we think better and help our communities be more food secure? Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms and Eddy Badrina of Eden Green Technologies help us define our relationship with our food. Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here
Today on the Naturally Inspired Podcast Joel Salatin is joining us. Joel Salatin, 64, calls himself a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Others who like him call him the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture, and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. Those who don't like him call him a bio-terrorist, Typhoid Mary, charlatan, and starvation advocate. With a room full of debate trophies from high school and college days, 15 published books, and a thriving multi-generational family farm, he draws on a lifetime of food, farming and fantasy to entertain and inspire audiences around the world. He's as comfortable moving cows in a pasture as addressing CEOs in a Wall Street business conference. His wide-ranging topics include nitty-gritty how-to for profitable regenerative farming as well as cultural philosophy like orthodoxy vs. heresy. A wordsmith and master communicator, he moves audiences from laughs one minute to tears the next, from frustration to hopefulness. Often receiving standing ovations, he prefers the word performance rather than presentation to describe his lectures. Learn More About Joel at https://www.polyfacefarms.com/ Please welcome Joel Salatin to the Naturally Inspired Podcast.
Resilience is what's needed for a viable food system and there are more resilient alternatives available today than ever. The supply disruption and fragility exposed by the pandemic highlights the overlooked advantages of smaller local food suppliers. With food costs from the global system climbing, the price gap between the big and the small operations has shrunk. The author of 15 books, thousands of speeches around the world and founder of Polyface Farms, Joel Salatin understands and shares the opportunity he sees. Ben Glassen is one of thousands who have been inspired by Joel's wisdom and vision. He has established his own version on Vancouver Island in British Columbia by adhering to these principles: detaching land ownership; mobile/modular infrastructure; and direct marketing. In conversation Joel and Ben agree that this is an exciting time of resilient alternatives for farmers, would-be farmers and their customers. www.polyfacefarms.com www.glassenfarm.com
I am so excited about this episode of Stories We Love! Joel Salatin, author of many books, including Everything I Want to Do is Illegal, and PolyFace Farms demonstrate how regenerative, biodynamic and organic farming is so much more prolific, abundant, and less costly than operating conventional farms! Joel shows how farming can be good for the environment and good for the bottom line! Plus, Joel is hilarious, innovative and irreverent! I hope you enjoy it! Find out more at https://www.polyfacefarms.com To get the full playlist of Stories We Love, go to http://www.storiesweloveshow.com To get a link for Karen's books for free: Go to http://www.ChronicPleasureBook.com
Episode 2182 - On this Saturday's show, Vinnie Tortorich welcomes couple Steven Fullerton and Somors Stephenson and they discuss their success with NSNG®, regenerative farming practices, the events they are hosting in order to improve community health, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/09/infectious-good-way-episode-2182 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS INFECTIOUS IN A GOOD WAY Vinnie loves what Steven and Somors are doing for their community and claims it's infectious in a good way. (2:00) Vinnie then asks the couple to explain their backstory and what led them to NSNG®. (3:00) Somors was having several issues, one being Hashimoto's (autoimmune thyroid condition). Steven had a high-stress job of his own that led to several issues as well. Both give their stories of how they accumulated knowledge from different sources and learned how to eat correctly. Vinnie has had the same experts on the show over the years, many of them doctors willing to tell the truth, rather than just hand out pills. (8:25) Vinnie asks Steven about his health history--it was a mutation over time. (13:40) Vinnie understands how difficult it is to get the messaging of what is healthy out to people; it's a battle to fight companies like Kelloggs who put out bad information just to sell products. (17:40) They chat about the recommendations of carb-loading that started in the 1980s. (24:00) Vinnie then asks when Steven and Somors decided to take what they were learning into the community. (29:45) REGENERATIVE FARMING The conversation then leads into a discussion about regenerative farming and folks like Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms. (30:04) They've become very involved in learning the aspects of rotational grazing which creates healthy soil and animals. They explain the process involved in rotational grazing and why it's optimal. They also chat about how backward the "science" is that we hear about regarding farming and the environment. (33:38) Vinnie really emphasizes the need to make positive changes for the next generation. (44:00) Steven and Somors can be found at Positive Momentum, LLC, and use profits to help schools in their community. [the_ad id="20253"] PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): Then, Share this link with friends, too! It's also now available on Amazon (the USA only for now)! Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: Then, please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: Then, please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!
We speak with Daniel Salatin and hear a little about his homestead journey. If you want to find more on Daniel Salatin and Polyface Farms you can find them at:WebsiteInstagramFacebook
Ben Beichler always had a dream of being a farmer, but with no farm to inherit, he set out to build one of his own. After apprenticing with Polyface Farms under Joel Salatin, he bought and built a dairy selling raw milk directly to 1250 families through a herd share program! His story is inspiring, and while I wouldn't recommend everybody go out and get a mortgage to incentivize you to be successful, he does have a lot of great wisdom to share in his story! Resource Recommendations: Newman Turner George Henderson As always, check us out at Herd Quitter Podcast on Facebook and Instagram as well as at herdquitterpodcast.com. You can also check out Pharocattle.com for more information on how to put more fun and profit back into your ranching business!
Joel, arguably the world most famous farmer has developed and pioneered many a regenerative and organic processes that has spearheaded a generation of progressive farmers!
In this episode, we discuss my recent visit to Polyface Farms over our morning coffee. Tune in to hear my takeaways from Hilda Labrada Gore, Sally Fallon Morell, Joel Salatin, and Del Bigtree.Find us on Instagram: @Homegrown_education and @joeyhaselmayerHolistic HildaThe Weston A Price Foundation
Join me for an informative and inspirational interview with the one the only Joel Salatin of PolyFace Farms. I spoke to Joel about how he got started as a renegade farmer, he shared with us some food production tips, and broke down strategies for finding freedom in an unfree world. Joel will be delivering a keynote speech on Sunday at the Exit and Build Land Summit II. Learn more and register today at https://exitandbuildlandsummit.com Attend the Exit and Build Land Summit May 13 - 15th with 30+ experts on every aspect of #livingfree #homesteading #foodindependence and so much more! Learn how to exit oppressive cities and build intentional communities that protect your #sovereignty ! Sign up FREE online or purchase tickets to the LIVE event in Bastrop, Tx here - https://exitandbuildlandsummit.com #exitandbuild #exitandbuildlandsummit #livefreenow #livefreacademy #homesteading #freedom #intentionalcommunity #intentionalliving #changeyourmindset #liveyourdreamlife #sustainableliving #sustainability #sustainabledesign #ecofriendlyliving #sustainablefuture #permaculture #decentralize
On today's show, Dr. Ben interviews Joel Salatin with Polyface Farms. You can follow Joel and his work at https://www.polyfacefarms.com. You can get more information about Veritas, wellness education offered by Veritas, and archived radio shows at veritasmedical.com. Dr. Ben begins by sharing the history in medicine and stewarding the body, which leads […]
Episode 43: Joel Salatin - The World's Most Famous Farmer Joel Salatin calls himself a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Others who like him call him the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture, and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. Those who don't like him call him a bio-terrorist, Typhoid Mary, charlatan, and starvation advocate. He co-owns, with his family, Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. Featured in the New York Times bestseller Omnivore's Dilemma and award-winning documentary Food Inc., the farm services more than 5,000 families, 50 restaurants, 10 retail outlets, and a farmers' market with salad bar beef, pigaerator pork, pastured poultry, and forestry products. When he's not on the road speaking, he's at home on the farm, keeping the callouses on his hands and dirt under his fingernails, mentoring young people, inspiring visitors, and promoting local, regenerative food and farming systems. In this episode Joel joins me to discuss the truth about raw milk, how he keeps thousands of animals on his farm healthy without antibiotics and vaccines, what makes animals sick and what makes them healthy, the foundations of regenerative agriculture and permaculture, the consequences of pesticides and herbicides, and what consumers should look out for when purchasing their own produce from farmers markets. Visit Joels' website Polyface Farms here; https://www.polyfacefarms.com/ Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information purposes only. It does not constitute as health advice and does not take the place of consulting with your primary health care practitioner. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the guest speaker and do not necessarily reflect those of Humanley, the presenter or any other entities or third parties associated with Humanley or the presenter. The right to freedom of opinion is the right to hold opinions without interference, and cannot be subject to any exception or restriction. We encourage the audience to use their critical judgement and use due diligence when interpreting the information and topics discussed in this podcast.
Jeff and Christian are joined by Eli, farmer, teacher, and member of the Level Up team. Eli brings insight into the Polyface Farms stewardship program as well as effective teaching tips on getting a person started on the road to mastery. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firstcupofjoeshow/support
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Joining Mitch and Nathan this week is Kyle of Trex Arms, head of customer service (and secretly the CEO of the company). Kyle and Mitch discuss growing up on a farm and Kyle gets into Joel Salatin, Polyface Farms and the sustainable family homestead movement of the early 2000's that's currently seeing a resurgence, the lads discuss rural life, raising cows, community and culture. Mitch also asks Kyle to get in to how T.REX Arms so seamlessly handles any gun community controversy/drama across the many personal pages of it's team and Kyle's work at the company and his ever evolving position and responsibilities. The lads also cover the common trait amongst a number of T.REX employees being homeschooled and get into Kyle's thoughts on why so many are shifting from public school to teaching their own children. Links mentioned in this episode: Check out Kyle on IG here! Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks! Follow the lads on IG: https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en Follow the lads on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBRNDad Check out our sponsors: Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Check out Midwest Armor for a great variety of plate carriers, hard and soft body armor options! Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!
Farming is the bloodline for the country. But one farmer gives us insight on how farming is done today...and how healthy and holistic farming can be considered controversial. Meet Joel Salatin, author, lecturer, and owner of Polyface Farms in Virginia. https://farmacyblog.com/ https://www.instagram.com/polyfacefarm/ https://www.instagram.com/f_a_r_m_a_c_y_/
Graham Meriwether started his career as a filmaker in an interesting way, chasing bodies around the streets of Detroit. Even though the young documentatian hadn't found his calling, he knew that he was inspired enough to create content that mattered. By the time he turned his focus to his bigger films like American Meat and Farmers For America, he'd filmed countless dead bodies and foraged the Detroit Police Department's Delta Zones and produced content for The Julliard School of Dance. American Meat eventually became his first theatrical release and It contrasts industrial feedlots with Joel Salatin's Polyface Farms, a model where rotational grazing and local distribution give hope that a different, more humane and environmentally conscious way to farm may indeed save the day…and our future. In 2010, Meriwether founded the non-profit organization, Leave It Better Foundation, whose mission is to empower youth to make the Earth a better place. They have helped build 10 gardens in New York City schools, and taught over 2,000 students compost, plant and harvest through their own community garden in the Bronx. They even distribute cameras to schools so students can document their journeys. It's an incredible story that Meriwether tells - and it's pretty inspirational. If you are new to conventioNOT or our guests, be sure to listen to the end to hear about his upcoming work and a few other exciting interviews featuring Mike and McD. conventioNOT is available wherever podcasts are. Subscribe today.
Tim Eng is our guest host on the Home Grown podcast this week. He is on-site at Shenandoah Valley at Polyface Farms with Joel Salatin, taking a deeper dive into sustainable farming and food production. This episode talks about animal husbandry, processing poultry, and rabbits on our own, designing the farmstead, how to cut down a tree, and developing farmstead water systems with ponds, pumping, pipes, and cisterns. Join Tim to hear his take on fast-tracking the learning curve to becoming a self-sustainable farmer and teaching the next generation to love and appreciate the freedom of being self-sufficient.
We attended our first agriculture and health event at Polyface Farms: "Look Back, Take Charge, Move Forward: Live Disease-Free & Full of Energy by Applying Ancient Wisdom in a Modern World." Joel Salatin and Dr. Sina McCullough lead the charge to bring awareness and encourage us to take control of our lives. Join Sophia Eng for a candid conversation with her special guest who has been the driving force to self sufficiency and sustainability with our health and wellness.
SHEPHERDESS NEWSLETTERToday's episode of the Shepherdess Podcast is with Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms. It was a LIVE Q+A with small farmers across the nation. Joel Salatin talked about sheep farming, Broiler Chicken profit margins, creating a grazing plan, and his new book.I hope you enjoy this podcast with Joel Salatin!-the Shepherdess"Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture." Psalm 100:3Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theShepherdess)
Is there any "up" side to all that's happened this past year? What lessons have we learned along the way? Joel Salatin, the man behind Polyface Farms in Swoope, VA, is an author, speaker, and a leader in the regenerative farming movement. Today he dares to suggest that we examine what has happened and our role in it. What are we doing to nurture good health? What has been the impact of the restrictions, locally and globally? And what can we expect next? Joel asks important questions and offers common-sense advice on where to go from here. Check out Joel's website: polyfacefarms.com Like and follow our new Facebook page: Wise Traditions Become a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation Order a USB drive full of podcasts! Join the WAPF email list!
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Welcome back to Hunger Hunt Feast! If you consider yourself "green" or take interest in protecting the environment, you are going to love this episode. Today Zane shares the truth about how the "plant-based" lifestyle is damaging our planet and the environmental impact of grains. QUICK NOTES FROM ZANE: The current agricultural system of large scale mono-crops of grains is not environmentally friendly It is depleting topsoil, polluting rivers, and destroying ecosystems like wetlands, prairies, and forests It's a corporate-owned, government-subsidized industry that has run traditional farmers out of business Traditional farming skips harvest seasons to allow for cover crops and grazing, foraging animals to replenish nutrients in the soil 50 gallons of oil per acre of corn- fertilizer, pesticides, machinery High water usage from rivers Comparison of water usage of 1lb of wheat to 1lb of grass-fed beef Factory farming of beef, pork and chicken wouldn't exist except for the cheap corn from the mono-cropping system Not a sustainable industry- grains are sold for less than it takes to produce them Grains are used to make processed food which makes up 70% of the avg. US diet Exporting grains to developing nations puts farmers out of work in those countries and causes them to be dependent on corporate food giants Once fertile Mesopotamia is now the Iraqi desert. Irrigation and fertilizers cause salinization of soil Dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of the Mississippi caused by fertilizers that is 6-7000 sq. miles Alternative approach: regenerative farming using a perennial polyculture as described in the documentary Sacred Cow by Diana Rogers, episode #36 podcast guest Polyface Farm run by Joel Salatin - has sequestered 2 tons of carbon per acre, per year for over 50 years White Oak Pastures in Georgia is a carbon-negative farm using regenerative techniques Is regenerative farming replicable? Lierre Keith, former 20 yr vegetarian, wrote in "The Vegetarian Myth", "We need to stop asking what feeds the most people and start asking what feeds people sustainably. What methods produce topsoil while only using sun and rain because nothing else is sustainable." LINKS: 50 Gallons of oil per acre of corn Dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico Degraded topsoil in the US Midwest https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/09/13/soil-health-agriculture-trend-usda-000513/ https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-the-loss-of-soil-is-sacrificing-americas-natural-heritage China restricting farming near large rivers Polyface Farms sequesters 2 tons of carbon per acre, per year White Oak Pastures sequesters more carbon than it releases Sacred Cow Documentary by Diana Rogers on Amazon The Vegetarian Myth" by Lierre Keith Questions? You can email your questions to zane@zanegriggs.com. Connect with me at zanegriggs.com or on Instagram @zanegriggsfitness QUICK EPISODE SUMMARY: The sustainability of our agricultural state How corporate ran grain supplies have affected the investment How much oil it takes to create corn and the role of fossil fuels What happens when you destroy wetlands How to get most of your days micro-nutrients How grain is used to fatten livestock up before slaughter The ROI of our current agriculture system A few examples of how soy is dangerous for humans long term One of the first historical documentation of brewing beer Regenerative farming is possible Support local farmers: It takes all of us to create change Recourses around this topic if you want to learn more
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After Christine manages to screw up 2 Truths and a Lie, it's time to talk chicken. Or Pigs. Well, Christine lays the groundwork for some ideas she wants to explore over the course of the season. She talks about the interesting work of the Paani Foundation, the Al Baydha Project, and the work of Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms. Seth's cat Moon is very interested, and we also talk about Chickens named after a saint (Radegund) and an anime character (Kuchiki Rukia).For more information on the projects described, please visit:https://www.paanifoundation.in/https://www.youtube.com/user/albaydhahttp://www.polyfacefarms.com/
Food bearing the USDA organic certification label may still originate from a factory farm. Chickens refrigerated for over one year can still be labeled as "fresh." Can we trust food labels? Should we trust them? Author and trailblazing farmer Joel Salatin from Polyface Farms and Dr. Sina McCullough expound today on their new book, Beyond Labels. They cut through the confusion with truth about the food industry and its calculations to make money and obfuscate cheap ingredients and food processing shortcuts. Joel and Sina offer practical tips for avoiding antibiotics in our food, reacquainting ourselves with cooking, and taking simple steps to rediscover the benefits of living beyond labels. Visit their websites: Joel Salatin: Polyfacefarms.com Sina McCullough: Handsoffmyfood.com Check out our sponsors: Ancestral Supplements and North Star Bison Find more resources on our website: westonaprice.org Register for our conference at wisetraditions.org
In this third lecture of Environmentality. Brendon addresses one of the hottest topics in climate change and sustainability today, the question of, "should we be eating meat?" and if so, "from why kind of production system?"In short, the issue with animal agriculture, and in particular the production of beef, is not the cow itself, but the production system it is raised in; in other words, the "how." Industrialized animal agriculture, in it's segregated form, relies heavily on fossil fuels for the transportation of feed and manure, uses lots of antibiotics, maintains low biodiversity on the farm and contributes heavily to pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.The solution? Producing animals in an integrated fashion on grasslands, where they can be rotated frequently to reduce overgrazing, promote carbon sequestration of grasslands, and to ultimately mimic natural ecosystems. Beef raised in this way is more sustainable, can be more profitable (as inputs decrease in a circular production system) and at times even more productive, as multiple products can be generated on one piece of land (e.g. hay, chicken and beef in Joel Salatin's model at Polyface Farms).To learn more about the pioneers in regenerative agriculture and holistic management of cattle, check out: The Savory Institute (Alan Savory): https://savory.global/ Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms: http://www.polyfacefarms.com/ Michael Pollan's Texts: The Ominvore's Delimma and In Defense of FoodGabe Brown's Text: Dirt to Soil Mark Hyman’s Text: Food FixTo learn more about Brendon's thoughts visit: https://impakter.com/in-defense-of-cows/
This week we had an incredible interview with Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm. We discussed things like wild hogs, rabbit hunting, microbiomes, chickens, wetlands, beavers, government subsidies, eggs, agriculture industry, managing the woods, his recent success, being on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast, the benefits of rotational grazing. New Shirts available in our store at: www.theelementwild.com/shop The best map app there is. Find Access to YOUR public lands with OnX Maps. Know where you stand. Durable Arrows, Quality Components, Good People. Day Six Gear Be Mobile. Stay Mobile. Heads Up Decoy Make sure the brands you support are supporting you! We wear Sitka Gear because they stand for conservation and public lands. Sitka Gear To find out more on Texas Public Land opportunities, visit the Texas Parks and Wildlife website. TPWD Go check out what The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership is doing on the front lines for clean air, clean water, and wildlife! TRCP Check out Joel's website: www.polyfacefarms.com Rock out with Tyler and the Tribe!
This is the first of a series of conversations where Johnny River and I chat all things farming and gardening. Enjoy. - StevenThis is the wonderful quote I could not remember for the life of me in the episode:A man is born gentle and weak.At his death he is hard and stiff.Green plants are tender and filled with sap.At their death they are withered and dry.Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death.The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle.A tree that is unbending is easily broken.The hard and strong will fall.The soft and weak will overcome. - Tao Te Ching, LXXVIMeditation:Jack Kornfield grounding meditationArticle by Leah Thomas:Why Every Environmentalist Should Be Anti-RacistTorches Together Podcast:@torchestogetherpodcast@johnnyriver@forestandfieldMentioned in the episode: Polyface Farms, Joel SalatinKeyline PlowingToby Hemmingway, Gaia's GardenPermacultureEat Dirt, by Josh AxeFlip 'Sorry'Psychedelics and Systems Change by Charles Eisenstein
In Part Two of this incredible farm-tour interview with the legendary Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, we talk more about the overall farm rotation, but also get deeper into the food systems at large, how food gets to the consumer and how our choices can make a difference. http://www.polyfacefarms.com/ http://www.polyfacefarms.com/joels-bio/
Welcome to Salty Talk. This is a special edition of Healthy Rebellion Radio. Each week on Salty Talk Robb will do a deep dive into current health and performance news, mixed with an occasional Salty conversation with movers and shakers in the world of research, performance, health, and longevity. For the full the video presentation of this episode and to be a part of the conversation, join us in The Healthy Rebellion online community. WARNING: These episodes may get “salty” with the occasional expletive. This episode of The Healthy Rebellion Radio is sponsored by Ned. Ned produces the highest quality Full Spectrum CBD extracted from organically grown hemp plants, all sourced from an independent farm in Paonia, Colorado. Ned is a wellness brand offering science-backed and nature-based solutions as an alternative to prescription and over-the-counter drugs. In every thing they do, they help people feel better and live better through the powers of the natural world. Go to www.helloned.com/SALTY15 or enter code SALTY15 at checkout for 15% off your first order. Listeners also get 20% off their first subscription order. Free shipping is now unlocked at $100 purchases. SHOW NOTES: This is an interview I did with Joel Salatin (of Polyface Farms) and Sina McCullough. Many of you are familiar with Joel, as he's one of the most well known and recognizable farmers in the world. He's authored many books on regenerative farming and co-owns Polyface Farms with his family. Sina holds a Ph.D. in Nutritional Science and a B.S. in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, both from the University of California at Davis. She was the Director of R&D for a supplement company and taught Biochemistry and Bioenergetics at UC Davis. Despite her knowledge, she developed an autoimmune disease, which prompted her to launch an investigation into our food supply. Together Sina and Joel co-authored the book: Beyond Labels: A Doctor and a Farmer Conquer Food Confusion One Bite at a Time which releases June 12th (so this coming Friday). You can order it now at your preferred online bookseller. Transcript: Download a copy of the transcript here (PDF)
In Part I of a two-part interview, we tour Polyface Farms with the passionate and whip-smart, Joel Salatin, the "Lunatic Farmer." Joel shows us everything from his cow-manure-composting pig beds to his mowing and mobbing cattle and his mobile chicken rigs, in this walking tour with loads of information about sustainable agriculture.
In this episode of the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, John interviews Joel Salatin, a well-known lecturer and author and the co-owner of Polyface Farms in Swoope, Virginia. Polyface Farms is a “diversified, grass-based, beyond organic, direct marketing farm”. Joel is well-known for his highly engaging public speaking style and is the author of twelve books relating his experience as a self-described ‘lunatic farmer’. In this episode of the podcast, we visit the challenges of mainstream, conventional agriculture through Joel’s paradigm-shifting lens, and learn why farmers are beginning to shift to a regenerative model. Joel also describes how farmers can learn the skills of marketing, communications, and public speaking, and broaches the uncomfortable topic of planning for farm inheritance and succession. Joel’s worldview, informed by both real-world experience and immersion in a broad range of literature from philosophy, history, and religion, to current events and business, forms the foundation of his farming practices. Joel states that deep soils were not built with 10-10-10 chemical fertilizer, but rather built with real-time solar energy converted to carbon and vegetation that rots or is eaten and manured in place. Joel describes why he does not believe such organizations as McDonald’s or Monsanto are evil, but rather thinks they have misguided beliefs concerning ecological systems and food production. Most often, employees at these organizations truly believe they are helping the world. While their understanding of agricultural processes is wrong, they are not ill-intentioned. The ability to understand the opposition is an important skill Joel developed in high school debate tournaments that helps him to build bridges with those who see agriculture differently than he does. Joel and John discuss how most farmers desire to better their land and none have the intention to degrade the soil. Yet, many farmers continue to practice mainstream agriculture with its soil-degrading effects. Joel explains that for farmers to change their practices, often they need to face a crisis. He describes how the symbol for “crisis” in Japanese is the same as the symbol for “opportunity”. He sees crises as an opportunity for farmers to move towards more productive, regenerative practices. Joel also describes how we can elicit broader societal change to where regenerative farmers are viewed as the heroes within their communities. The benchmark of success most used in farming is yield. Farmers also consider equipment and infrastructure as benchmarks of success. Joel’s take is that neither of these are a determinant of financial success or farm profitability. He relates an anecdote from his early years when his father, a tax preparer for the neighboring farming operations, mentioned that their own threadbare family farm was more financially stable than those farmers with large and fancy equipment and expensive facilities. Joel believes the mantra that farmers must feed the world is a fallacy that encourages detrimental practices and unsustainable agriculture. The coronavirus pandemic has sharply defined the need for communities to be able to feed themselves and has placed a spotlight on the drawbacks of the current centralized system. Joel describes his belief in an intelligent creator who has loaned the world to us as an investment. In his words, no investor would accept dead zones, pollution, and species extinction. Thus, it is our responsibility to improve the land and help it become more fertile year after year. Seeing the world as an investment helps people to treat it well rather than deplete its resources for unsustainable growth. The dysfunction of the current system is evidenced by the statistic that small-scale agriculture produces 70% of the global food supply with 30% of the inputs while the other 30% of the food supply is produced using 70% of the inputs. Joel makes the distinction that the size of a farming operation is not a determining factor in how regenerative or sustainable that farm can be. Rather, the sustainability of a farm can be rated on how centralized the operation is. He describes the growth of Polyface Farm as growth by duplication, rather than centralization. Although his farm is considered a large farm by the USDA, it has a small-farm feel partly due to his method of decentralizing 100,000 chickens in 300 field shelters on pasture rather than concentrating them in two giant poultry houses. He considers the ecological carrying capacity of the land when expanding, ensuring the land can absorb the livestock manure. Decentralized systems are much more resilient and much less smelly than concentrated, centralized systems. Although he cannot predict the future, Joel is certain that building healthy soil will stand the test of time. He emphasizes that an agricultural system of the future must be integrated, regionally focused, and full of complex relationships, and that it will be human and soil oriented. Joel describes the profitability of growing corn versus a grass-fed beef production. Land that grows 100 bushels an acre of corn would produce grass that could support 400 cow days per year. He calculates that, no matter the price of cattle, there is approximately $300 per acre net profit for grass-fed beef, a profit never realized by corn farmers. However, very few of the farmers have actually shifted their production. That is because it is difficult for humans to make such a large change and admit to themselves that a new method could be better than their current practices. Farmer’s identities are based around what they grow and how they grow it, so it is very challenging for change to occur. The truth, though, is that farmers must adapt or die. It may require a new generation of farmers for the needed change to happen. Joel raises the uncomfortable topic of farm succession. Estate planning is especially difficult for farmers due to their love for the land. The average age of a farmer today is 65, so about 50% of America’s farmland will shift in ownership in the next 15 years. At the same time, there are many young people hoping to enter the sector. While Joel has explored ways to connect young people with aging farmers who are looking for a successor, he also enforces the value of low-capital and mobile systems to help young people get started. The average American farm has $4.00 of depreciable equity for $1.00 in annual gross sales. At Polyface Farms, this ratio is $0.50 to $1.00. This more nimble style of agriculture requires no land equity, as mobile systems can be placed on land not owned by the farmer. Low-capital systems are becoming very important as young people gain the necessary experience, skills, and knowledge to start up a successful farming venture. The practice of equal inheritance of farmland is a concept Joel discourages. His view is that farmland should be inherited by the person who has been stewarding the land. When the child who stayed home and held the farm together is given an equal inheritance with their siblings who pursued other careers, they must buy out their siblings to keep the farm which is an unfair burden. These conversations often don’t happen, but they are necessary for families to have. As Joel jokes, “Why should I die on my tractor so my kids can run off to Las Vegas with my money?” This episode is a long conversation examining the importance of being well-informed and focusing on soil health and profitability above yields. Listen to gain a better understanding of the future of agriculture and what it will take to get there. Resources: Joel’s Bio
Amazing long form, round table conversation with Joel Salatin and Darren Doherty, recorded right before the CoVid lockdown. We get a real deep insight into what drives and concerns two amazing pioneers and innovators in agriculture and regenerative farming. Joel Salatin is an outspoken advocate for free speech and choice in food and farmer relationships and transparency of production. An author of 12 eclectic books on farming, entrepreneurship, legal battles and spiritual ecological connection. Joel's latest communications outreach is his ever relevant blog Musings From a Lunatic Farmer. Joel is also the head of the highly acclaimed Polyface Farms and widely accepted as the most famous farmer of our time and a huge mentor to thousands of young and passionate new farmers. Also self described as a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. I have huge respect and affection for Joel as an elder, a friend and a God fearing farmer. Known as the master of process Darren Doherty has painstakingly developed an incredibly pragmatic and far reaching platform for total farm planning, the Regrarians Platform. With thousands of hours, ecological farm designs, implementations and successful students Darren's innovative and incredible contribution to the regenerative farming movement is well established and most recently manifest in his long awaited book The Regrarians Handbook. When it comes to due diligence in farm planning and farming innovation Darren Doherty has become the undisputed last word. I have a special respect and gratitude to Darren, as my first real teacher and connection into the world of regenerative farming and all the following evolutions. The Regarians team and Polyface Farms also collaborated in the production of the deeply moving and acclaimed documentary, Polyfaces. check it. As we do at The EcoIQ Project, we like to dig deep into these leaders mindset, decision making processes and secrets of success, earned the long short way, through thousands of hours of involvement at all levels of regenerative farming and connecting to our intrinsic relationship to land, food, animals and country. We cover: Connections and preparations for the upcoming Mother Earth Fair and The Regrarians Handbook launch History of The Mother Earth Magazine and information sharing globally The beginnings of a close professional relationship The hunger for a deeper meaning in farming Thoughts on the work of Dr Jordan Peterson The importance of taking on individual responsibility Entrepreneurial mindset Secrets of mentorship and importance of passing on knowledge What is a big M small D approach? What is real diversity Techniques for developing and refining innovation. Is there a connection between our farming models and the strength of immune system? Richard Perkins and the desire to engage on the deeper end of the water… To serve is how we become most fully human. messages for all… A deep honour and pleasure to share words of wisdom from these two esteemed elders in this space. many lessons to mediate on and integrate. So get your pen ready and your finger poised over the rewind button, as we embrace the complexity in all things and go deep and dense with Joel Salatin and Darren Doherty.
Wash your hands. Do social distancing. Are these the only two things we can do to protect our health during this pandemic? Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farms, author, and speaker, offers ideas about how to strengthen our immune system and our spirit during this time of crisis. He suggests that we cannot rely on health officials or the government to make us well. We must take our health into our own hands. Among other things, Joel recommends diversifying our microbiome by getting dirty (instead of trying to create a sterile environment), getting restorative sleep, hydrating, and cultivating healthy relationships. This conversation reminds us of the good things that are happening, and the positive choices we can make in the midst of the challenges. COVID-19 (also known as the Coronavirus) threatens the status quo and feels de-stabilizing. But this time can teach us resilience and provide opportunities to build our health and our community’s interdependence. Visit Joel's website: polyfacefarms.com Order our tri-fold pack of 12 brochures here. Check out our sponsors: White Oak Pastures and Ancestral Supplements
Joel Salatin has been called "America's best farmer" by Time magazine. He is a self-described Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer (his words, not mine!). He runs Polyface Farms and has helped develop the movement of regenerative agriculture, written 12 books, done multiple TED and TEDMED talks, featured in Michael Pollan's bestselling book The Omnivores Dilemma and multiple award-winning documentaries like Food Inc, and he is the Editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer. Today we talk about the symbiotic connection between the land, soil, animals and our health. More info at www.polyfacefarms.com Joel Salatin's TED talk (one of them): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z75A_JMBx4 A different regenerative agriculture method called agroforestry by Ernst Gotsch that is not dependent on animals (this is a beautiful short film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPNRu4ZPvE&vl=en If you find these podcasts valuable, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review in iTunes or Facebook is a huge help. For more podcasts and resources for both health professionals and patients including websites, courses, apps, books and more, please check out www.thegpshow.com You can join The GP Show Podcast Facebook page here. If you would like to provide feedback or request a topic you can contact us or complete a quick survey here. Thank you for listening and supporting.
Tai Lopez is an investor, partner, or advisor to over 20 multi-million dollar businesses. Through his popular book club and podcasts Tai shares advice on how to achieve health, wealth, love, and happiness with 1.4 million people in 40 countries. How would your life be different if Bill Gates was your business mentor, Warren Buffett was your investment advisor, and the Dalai Lama was your therapist? Finding mentors is one of the biggest predictors of your success. As Picasso said, “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” Tai Lopez, investor and Mensa member, shares why he reads one new book a day: “Books allow you to simulate the future (without having to actually do all the trial and error yourself)...” At age 16, Tai realized that life was too complex to figure out on his own. So Tai wrote a letter to the wisest person he knew, his grandfather - a scientist - and asked for the answers to life’s hard questions. Tai was disappointed with his grandfather’s reply. There was no “secret formula.” The letter simply said, "Tai, the modern world is too complicated. You’ll never find all the answers from just one person. If you’re lucky, you’ll find a handful of people throughout your life who will point the way." But one week later his grandfather sent a package containing an old, dusty set of eleven books with a note, "Start by reading these." That began Tai’s habit of reading on his search for what he calls the "Good Life”: the balance of the four major pillars of life - health, wealth, love, and happiness. Over the years, Tai sought out the secrets to that “Good Life” by setting up his life as a series of experiments. He began by first reading thousands of books from the most impactful figures in history Freud, Aristotle, Gandhi, Charlie Munger, Sam Walton, Descartes, Darwin, Confucius, and countless others. He spent two-and-a-half years living with the Amish, spent time working at a leper colony in India, and helped Joel Salatin pioneer grass-fed, sustainable agriculture on Polyface Farms. He then joined the long list of entrepreneur college dropouts and ended up completely broke (sleeping on his mom’s couch) until he talked five, multi-millionaire entrepreneurs into mentoring him. Tai went on to become a Certified Financial Planner and worked in the world of finance before becoming a founder, investor, advisor, or mentor to more than 20 multi-million dollar businesses while settling in the Hollywood Hills. He appeared on various TV and radio shows, spoke at top global universities like The London Business School and the University of Southern California, and created one of the top downloaded podcasts and YouTube channels, “The Grand Theory of Everything.” In order to get feedback from an even larger audience, Tai started what is now one of the world’s largest book clubs that reaches 1.4 million people in 40 countries with his "Book-Of-The-Day" free email newsletter. Tai recently summarized all he has learned from his mentors and compiled them into a series of ‘mentor shortcuts’ he calls, "The 67 Steps." He also created an alternative to the traditional business school. This "Business Mentorship" program combines the best of self-learning with the best of a University degree without all the downsides of burdensome costs and inefficient methods.
Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms is a farmer, author and as we like to call him “Pastor of the Pasture.” Joel had a second visit to Lehman’s this summer and we can’t help but soak in the wealth of knowledge that Joel shares with us. Tune in to hear his tips for making your homestead the most efficient it can be. Wherever you are on the journey to a simpler life, curious OR serious, you can learn something from the experience Joel brings. After all, starting small is the most efficient as you’ll learn in this episode. Lehman's Website Lehman's Events Lehman's Facebook Lehman's Instagram Polyface Farms Instagram Polyface Farms Facebook
Joel Salatin of PolyFace Farms talks about the importance of sustainable farming practices and how Christians can lead in expanding their use. Jason Fileta of TearFund USA explains why addressing climate and other environmental issues would help some of the world's most vulnerable.
Author, farmer and speaker, Joel Salatin of PolyFace Farms joins us to talk about growing up on a farm and learning about how the Earth will work with us if we let it. He talks about how his farm runs and the principles of a simpler life that he uses every day.
Welcome to the Human Performance Outliers Podcast with hosts Dr. Shawn Baker and Zach Bitter. For this episode, Joel Salatin joined the show. Joel is one of the faces of holistic farm management. His operation, Polyface Farms, is one of the best examples of turning worn-out, eroded, abused farm land into a thriving farm using nature as a pattern to heal the land. Episode Sponsor: Butcher Box - https://butcherbox.com Promo code "HPO" at checkout for 20% off. Consider supporting us: - https://www.patreon.com/HPOpodcast or https://www.paypal.me/hpopod ***DR. SHAWN BAKER'S BOOK*** "The Carnivore Diet" Amazon and Barnes and Noble Instagram handles: @shawnbaker1967, @zachbitter, @polyfacefarm Twitter handles: @SBakerMD, @zbitter, @JoelSalatin Facebook handles: Shawn Baker, @zach.bitter, @Polyfacefarm Website URLs: http://zachbitter.com , https://shawn-baker.com, and https://polyfacefarms.com YouTube: Zach (https://www.youtube.com/c/ZachBitterUltra) Shawn (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5apkKkeZQXRSDbqSalG8CQ) If you would like to set up a consult call with either Zach or Shawn, you can schedule with Zach at https://calendly.com/zbittercoaching and with Shawn at https://shawn-baker.com/consultation/. If you would like to contact the show, please send your emails to hpopodcast@gmail.com
“What does forgiveness look like? What does loving your neighbor look like? I think … one of the reasons we have this physical creation is so that God could demonstrate what forgiveness looks like, what neighborliness looks like. And guess what? Forgiveness does not look like a farm that has to use more and more drugs all the time to keep its animals healthy. Forgiving is not a farm that has to use more chemicals to keep its soil healthy or keep the bugs away. A forgiving farm is one that has resilience.” Joel Salatin is the self-proclaimed ‘Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer’ behind Polyface Farms, a $3M operation in Swoop, Virginia, serving more than 5,000 families, 50 restaurants, 10 retail outlets and a farmers’ market with its salad bar beef, pigaerator pork, pastured poultry and forestry products. Feature in both The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Food, Inc., Polyface is known for its environmentally-friendly farming practices modeled around the natural systems of the biological world. Joel also serves as the editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer, the writer of the Pitchfork Pulpit column in Mother Earth News, and the author of 12 books, including The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs: Respecting and Caring for All God’s Creation and Everything I Want to Do is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front. Today, Joel joins Ross and Christophe to share his practice of duplicating nature’s patterns on the farmscape. He offers his take on the flaws in the environmentalist approach to climate change and where the Christian faith community, libertarians, and economists fall short. Joel also describes how the regulatory environment is prejudiced against small-scale operations, exploring the way oversight stifles innovation. Listen in for Joel’s insight on food choice as a human right and learn how to take responsibility for your own consumer choices around food! Resources Polyface Farms Joel’s Daily Blog: The Lunatic Farmer The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollen Food, Inc.Documentary Living Soils Symposium The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs: Respecting and Caring for All God’s Creation by Joel Salatin 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front by Joel Salatin Milton Friedman The Jungle by Upton Sinclair F.A. Hayek Michael Pollan Carbon Removal Newsroom Review RCC on iTunes Connect with Ross & Christophe Nori Nori on Facebook Nori on Twitter Nori on Medium Nori on YouTube Nori on GitHub Email hello@nori.com Nori White Paper Subscribe on iTunes Key Takeaways [0:39] Joel’s path to reversing climate change Grew up on family farm in Shenandoah Valley of VA Grown to $3M business with 20 full-time staff [2:44] Joel’s farming practices Duplicate nature’s pattern on farmscape Mimic way animals moved (choreography) [6:06] How humans have pillaged the land War consequence of exploitation of resources More weight of animals 500 years ago than today [8:09] The idea of active management Use hands, intellectual ability to heal land Environmentalism by participation (not abandonment) [9:49] Joel’s criticism of the environmentalist approach Assumes elite know more than crowd Oversight prejudicial to small-scale operations Oversight unnecessary with real-time feedback loop [18:28] Why Joel is an advocate for food emancipation Regulatory oversight demands something that harms us Food choice as much human right as other freedoms [21:42] Joel’s criticism of the Christian faith community Power over vs. responsibility to environment Hypocrisy drives people away from religion [28:20] Joel’s criticism of libertarians Fails to recognize ‘it takes a village’ Farming should leave MORE commons [31:02] The danger in measuring GDP alone Views prisons, soil liability, etc. as assets No way to account for asset losses + liability incursions [33:52] Why Joel wants to eliminate crop insurance and subsidies Picks winners and losers in marketplace Power stacked to promote orthodoxy [39:46] How to take responsibility for your consumer choices Movement defined by participants Question orthodoxy, rewarded with access [45:33] The innovation around Joel’s eggmobile Portable henhouse follows cows’ movement Serve as biological pasture sanitizers + produce eggs
About the guest: Joel Salatin, 61, calls himself a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Others who like him call him the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture, and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. Those who don’t like him call him a bio-terrorist, Typhoid Mary, charlatan, and starvation advocate. He co-owns, with his family, Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. Featured in the New York Times bestseller Omnivore’s Dilemma and award-winning documentary Food Inc., the farm services more than 5,000 families, 50 restaurants, 10 retail outlets, and a farmers’ market with salad bar beef, pigaerator pork, pastured poultry, and forestry products. When he’s not on the road speaking, he’s at home on the farm, keeping the callouses on his hands and dirt under his fingernails, mentoring young people, inspiring visitors, and promoting local, regenerative food and farming systems. Salatin is the editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer, granddaddy catalyst for the grass farming movement. He writes the Pitchfork Pulpit column for Mother Earth News, as well as numerous guest articles for ACRES USA and other publications. A frequent guest on radio programs and podcasts targeting preppers, homesteaders, and foodies, Salatin’s practical, can-do solutions tied to passionate soliloquies for sustainability offer everyone food for thought and plans for action. You can read Joel's full bio here: http://www.polyfacefarms.com/joels-bio/ In this episode you'll hear: Who were Joel’s mentors and their lasting impact on his life Why Joel wrote his new book, Your Successful Farm Business: Production, Profit, Pleasure How Polyface is changing their marketing to adapt to a more mature grass-based market Why now is still the best time to start a farm And so much more... Links for further information: More information about Polyface Farms. http://www.polyfacefarms.com/ Polyface’s online meat delivery service https://www.grassfedbrands.com/ Stockman grass farmer - my favorite grazing publication https://www.stockmangrassfarmer.com/index.php Purchase Joel’s newest book https://amzn.to/2XqIV5r
Good day and welcome to Tractor Time podcast brought to you by Acres U.S.A., the Voice of Eco-Agriculture. We are happy to be bringing you another episode, our 11th this year and 23rd overall, and I think we’re going to get in at least one more before the end of the year, so stay tuned. It’s about that time. In a couple days, Acres U.S.A. is hitting the road — or getting on a plane, actually — and heading to Louisville, Kentucky, for our 43rd annual Eco-Ag Conference & Trade show. In the office, we’re at that hybrid stage of nervousness, confidence, anxiety and adrenaline, and our days are filled with all the little odd jobs – cutting badges, ordering bags, shipping off our bookstore – and we know a lot of our listeners who will be attending are doing the same. Getting ready for the week away. So we though it’d be appropriate to preview a few of our upcoming speakers on the show today, and include some of our sponsors. We don’t do a lot of advertising or sponsored stuff on this, so forgive us this one time. Plus, these aren’t your normal sponsorship messages. These are folks just like you – passionate about eco-agriculture and making a difference. And paying the bills, of course. To start, here’s a quick thank you list to the companies and organizations that make our conference, and Acres U.S.A., possible. We don’t thank them enough for their support, so here is a big, giant, thank you to our advertisers, sponsors who make this all possible. Including, those who sponsor this podcast, some of whom we interviewed especially for this episode on all things eco-agriculture: The Savory Institute and their co-founder and CEO Daniela Ibarra-Howell. You can hear an entire interview with Daniela on episode 21. She’s fascinating and her story is inspiring of how we can all see a problem – overgrazing and unsustainable agriculture – and develop a solution that can be applied anywhere in the world. Midwest BioSystems and Edwin Blosser & Company. Edwin is a master at explaining how to use compost on large-scale farms, and we’ll hear from him on that on this episode. He’ll be speaking next week as well, and is just an efficient, patient teacher. Eden Blue Gold. They are passionate about what they do, and the time and effort they’ve put into researching their products. You’ll hear about their process for creating organic inputs for large-scale production. We also want to thank the following folks: Brandt. They have a whole line of sturdy, well-built farm equipment, and we are kind of in love with their slogan: Powerful Value, Delivered. Yep. That about says it all. They stand by their work. Search for Brandt agriculture tools and you’ll see what we’re talking about. Verde Agritech. Verde’s products are derived from an ancient 570 million years old rock named “glauconitic siltstone”, rich in a mineral called glauconite. The production process is 100% natural. Terreplenish is another great supporter of Acres USA. If you are farming corn, or anything that you need help in retaining your nitrogen in your fields, then I’d encourage you to look up Terreplenish. This is what they do. They have a number of biological, sustainable solutions. But we are going to lead off our show with a bit from Wil Spencer at Environotics, who will talk about a subject we don’t discuss often on this show – soil life and biodynamics. We talked in late October on the phone about what the licensed holistic naturopath has learned on the subject Next up, we interviewed James Arpin in late October of 2019 about Eden Blue Gold. The interview may not be what you expect. James wanted to teach us about what he sees as the true differences between plants, animals and humans, and what our similarities, and differences, can teach us about how to interact. How we can heal each other. Here’s James Arden with Eden Blue Gold -- Our third guest today is Edwin Blosser. His company, Midwest BioSystems, lives the word. When we talked about a year ago, he was looking out his office window at harvesters picking black beans that were going off to Chipotle. We talked about large-scale biological inputs, and what he’s learned from a lifetime of farming. If you’re attending our show, Edwin is a must-see, and find him at his booth, too. I started the conversation by asking him to tell us how he got into farming. I couldn’t let this completely be finished though without a soundbite from one of our keynote speakers next week – Daniela with the Savory Institute and legendary grower and author Eliot Coleman are two of them, and our third is Joel Salatin with Polyface Farms. I asked him what he liked better, speaking or farming, and this was his answer. He’ll be leading our conference with a resounding presentation on Thursday night. Now, that’s our show. Thanks for tuning into another episode of Tractor Time podcast, brought to you by Acres U.S.A., the Voice of Eco-Agriculture. Find us at www.acresusa.com, at ecofarmingdaily.com, or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Better yet, come find us in Louisville next week and say hello. Thanks for listening, and have a great week.
Graham Meriwether makes a return visit to The Appropriate Omnivore. Since his last time on the show, his documentary American Meat has been playing all across the country, starting out at farms and community and now at universities, colleges, and other educational institutions as part of the Young Farmer Screening Series. Graham and Aaron discuss how the film covers the topic of pastured meats by being solutions oriented. The two also discuss how pastured meats are now becoming more available to the public and what the future holds for beyond organic farming. Graham also gives the listeners a little info on his next project, which will be about young farmers.
Kimberly Hartke, publicist for the Weston A. Price Foundation, makes a visit to the show. She discusses all of the great recources the WAPF offers in terms of what's real food and where you can get it. Kimberly also talks about current campaigns being run on Facebook, such as Red Meat Won't Kill You and Soy Alert.
Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms in Swoope, VA joined me to discuss strategies for increasing profitability, and the various ways they have found to make that happen on their farm. Every Episode of the Working Cows Podcast on One Page: WorkingCows.net/Episodes Polyface Website: PolyfaceFarms.com How Joel Buys Land for $30 an Acre: Stacking Fiefdoms Documentary:...
Joel Salatin is likely one of the most influential farmers on the face of the planet. He runs Polyface Farms in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. For decades he has been an influential author and speaker; a prominent advocate of the sustainable, regenerative agriculture movement. With humor and honesty, he always tells it like it is. One of his most popular books, "Folks, this ain't normal," was recently translated into Spanish. We caught up with him shortly after some recent travels to Australia, Austria, Spain, and more. In today's interview, he gives us his perspective on farming around the world. Along the way, he weighs in on imitation meat, how limited the “organic” label can be, and why Americans may be more willing to buck the government than Europeans. After going global with Joel, we get hyperlocal and swing back around to Polyface, and then to our own backyards. How can we eat more locally? What changes can we make to live in a way that’s better for the world and our health, too? Prepare to be challenged and entertained as he answers these questions and more. To find out more about Joel, visit his website polyfacefarms.com. For the full show notes (or to give a donation), visit our website: westonaprice.org. To register for the Wise Traditions conference: visit wisetraditions.org.
When the show was conceived he was one farmer that we knew we wanted to interview, maybe it would take months, or even years, but it was a goal we set. He’s an author, farmer, speaker, and all around Intellectual Agrarian, you already know his name because you’ve read the title of the episode: Mr. Joel Salatin. With Joel we’ll be talking about what got him into farming, how to integrate multiple generations into your businesses, why he isn’t Certified Organic, what it means be an Intellectual Agrarian, and so much more. This a great episode, it runs longer than most, but you don’t want to miss it! Check out our new website! - http://farmingthedream.com Get the Grocery Bag! - https://intellectualagrarian.com/bag Cheat Sheet: Polyface’s start in Sustainability started with his grandfather’s interest and commitment to “Organic” farming practices in his backyard garden. Keys to multigenerational businesses/farms: 1. Work can never be punishment. 2. Be quick on praise, slow on criticism. 3. Really create a climate where the children can have a entrepreneurial project of their own. Allowing your children to interact strategically with the adult world can give them a jump start toward a productive adulthood. The name Polyface was with the intention of appreciating the diversity of people, enterprises and critters that formed the farm. Much more with the Show Notes- https://intellectualagrarian.com/joelsalatin/ Joel's Links: www.polyfacefarm.com https://www.amazon.com/Joel-Salatin/e/B000APFOT2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1518826503&sr=1-2 Our Links: https://intellectualagrarian.com/ https://www.facebook.com/intellectualagrarian/ https://www.instagram.com/intellectual.agrarian/
Today’s guest is the most famous farmer in the world: Joel Salatin from Polyface Farms in Virginia, USA. Joel is featured in Michael Pollan’s best-selling book, The Omnivore’s dilemma, where Pollan proposes Polyface Farms as the model farm for the future. Joel is considered a revolutionary in the agricultural world as he brings attention to Listen In The post AQJ 94: Joel Salatin – Regenerative wisdom from the world’s most famous farmer appeared first on The Wellness Couch.
Links Cricket Is Just a Better Chicken http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-eZa Joel Salatin: Polyface Farm Small Scale Farming the Only Way Forward http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-f1B UN Reports: Wake Up Before it’s Too Late UN report from 2010 **** This is the World Organic News for the week ending 8th of May 2017. Jon Moore reporting! From the blog ilkkataponen comes an infographic post: Cricket Is Just a Better Chicken. The premise of this infographic is industrial. The argument goes like this: insects use less water, pollute less and are a better form of protein for us than beef, pork, chevon, lamb or poultry. In a factory setting, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep and poultry suffer unspeakably in factory farming situations. Part of the argument in favour of moving to crickets or locusts or whatever insect you might choose is that they will suffer less because their living requirements are far less demanding than the “higher”, in inverted commas, animals. This is a questionable starting point. These animals do have nervous systems and, therefore, can feel suffering. So let’s take a deeper look at this idea. Apart from the ick factor which is purely a consequence of most of us never having lived through a famine, the idea is has some merit. The idea isn’t that we sit down, necessarily, to a plate of barbecued crickets on sticks, although that is one option. My understanding is insects will be bred, grown out on some sort of “waste” product, killed, dried and milled. That’s milled as in wheat through a grain mill. The end product is a protein based powder, perfect for adding to manufactured foodstuffs. Hopefully you can see where this going. Feedlots or CAFOs as they are euphemistically called are not all that efficient. CAFO, of course, standing for confined animal feeding operations. So the “inefficient” in inverted commas, cattle are to be replaced with the far more industrially suited crickets. The cricket powder can then be combined with all sorts of things to create burgers, sausages, protein drinks and on and on. Under the banner of cruelty free efficiency, cows are out and crickets, locusts, maybe some sort of beetle will be the food source of the ever growing urban agglomerations. Indeed if we take this to it’s logical conclusion, the pupae state of the insect’s life cycle may hold sufficient protein to save even more time and resources. Imagine, powdered maggots! Now this will need the marketing types to put it through their magical processes but maggots raised on dog droppings. The efficiencies are truly mind blowing. I am reminded of a quote from Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms that goes something like this: We humans are really good at hitting any target we aim at. It’s just that we don’t seem to ask if the target was worth hitting. I hear you ask, could there, perhaps, be another way of feeding the world that doesn’t involve the incarceration of chickens, pigs and cattle or the mass raising and processing of insects? I’m glad you asked. The blog: TAUNTON FARMERS MARKET brings us an interesting post entitled: Small Scale Farming the Only Way Forward Longish Quote: The UN has commissioned several reports in recent years regarding climate change and the effect agriculture has on it and, as a consequence, world hunger. The reports make interesting reading, especially in regard to how changes in farming practices could have a profound impact on slowing global warming and alleviating poverty and hunger throughout the world. ‘Wake Up Before it’s Too Late‘, an extensive report drawing from over 60 experts worldwide, and an earlier document, UN report from 2010, both show that the only realistic way to feed the world in the future is to use organic and sustainable methods. End Quote These reports seemed to have been euthanized by ignoring them. Promoting local sustainable production of healthy, poison free food is going to ruffle some feathers. Pretty big feathers that are receiving government subsidies, good profit margins and healthy future growth projections. Yet we must, I believe, look more deeply into the material raised by the UN. A short sidetrack. Unlike quite a few people I’ve discovered online, I do not believe the UN is a stalking horse to place us all under their direct control. Further I don’t believe that such a conspiracy could be possible. I’ve worked at large organisations and spent time in the military. From these examples I have formed the conclusion we are just too erratic as a species for any global level conspiracy to work. Of the two causes of history, conspiracy or cock up,I’m firmly in the cock up school. End podcast sidetrack. The post points out that although the UN calls for a reduction in ruminant numbers to meet greenhouse gas emission targets this is not pertinent to smallholders: Quote: This is mainly an issue for industrialised livestock systems and not for smallholders. Due to carbon sequestration in pastures, pastoral livestock systems can even be carbon-neutral if herd sizes are adequately low. End Quote. Indeed, as I discussed last week, when talking about soil carbon, having stock on pasture, distributing their manures themselves is a great way to build soil carbon. Having the farms closely co-located with the people being fed has other advantages too: Quote: 20-40% of food is lost globally, mainly as a result of wastage in industrialised countries. Avoiding losses and wastage would reduce the output needed and the corresponding GHG emissions. End Quote We’ve discussed this before too. It’s not just the waste, which is a concern itself but the food kilometres or miles. Transport of inputs to feedlots, transport of outputs and weather the manures are processed at all, all add to the carbon footprint of industrial meat. You can see why the cricket idea could appeal but I’d prefer to see smallholders encouraged and supported by the political system. I’m not holding my breath for that to happen. The advantages of smallholdings make them viable, if debt free, without government initiatives. They can, therefore, become a sort of economic insurgency movement until enough are up and running. Imagine a world where food traveled from as far afield as your nearest golf course. Imagine that golf course redistributed as a series of smallholdings, interconnected, supporting each other and feeding their local communities. Think on this the next time your pass any golf course and imagine what could be. And that brings us to the end of this week’s podcast. If you’ve liked what you heard, please tell everyone you know any way you can! I’d also really appreciate a review on iTunes. This may or may not help others to find us but it gives this podcaster an enormous thrill! Thanks in advance! Any suggestions, feedback or criticisms of the podcast or blog are most welcome. email me at podcast@worldorganicnews.com. Thank you for listening and I'll be back in a week. **** Links Cricket Is Just a Better Chicken http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-eZa Joel Salatin: Polyface Farm Small Scale Farming the Only Way Forward http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-f1B UN Reports: Wake Up Before it’s Too Late UN report from 2010
Joel Salatin is a self-proclaimed christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer who runs Polyface Farms in the state of Virginia. You may have seen him on a number of environmental documentaries where he wants individuals to become more connected to the food they consume everyday. In this day in age where food is produced behind a curtain and loaded with chemicals, it is people like Joel who are bringing change to the dinner table.
Without growth, companies, teams, leaders, and careers stagnate. Stagnation leads to hording, silos, distrust, conflict, and tension. Without a growth-provoking intervention, such stagnation quickly causes complacency, hording of resources, turnover, or worse yet, disengagement. Disengaged employees not only fail to do their best work, but they actively share their negativity with colleagues and customers alike, sabotaging your reputation and halting growth. To avoid the stench of stagnation, consider stepping up to the challenges associated with each the following 5 pitfalls to growth: Failure to continue learning “I don’t have time to read, listen, watch… to master a new skill, to learn about a new industry, or focus on building new relationships… I am busy!” In fairness, I get it—you are busy. And, considering your commitment to growth, here are a few questions to provoke clarity of direction. Challenge: Ask yourself, “What am I (or my team) so busy striving to achieve, specifically? And, why does success matter to me?” Be honest with yourself before you move to the next question—“If I had extra time and plenty of resources, what would I want to learn about, who would I want to meet, and what event would I attend?” Exposing yourself to new industries, topics, sports, and conferences leads to innovation, ideas, and interests that fuel passion, enthusiasm, and growth. Refuse to share The prevailing thought is—if I share what I know, I’ll be replaced by younger and cheaper labor. In truth, the more you share, the more trusted and respected you become. The more you share what you know, the more time you’ll have to keep advancing, making you even more valuable. Challenge: Ask yourself, “What project could I bring others into right now, or in the next three months? Who needs to be introduced to whom? Who might be interested in learning and contributing to this project, or attending important meetings with me? What skills/experiences would I like to gain in the next six months, and how can I begin sharing what I know so that I have the time and energy for growth? Failure to continuously communicate “I told them the goal… why do they need constant reminders? I hired them to get the job done… they should focus on doing their job.” They should is a trap that kills enthusiasm and growth faster than any economic downturn ever could. Challenge: Ask yourself, “Do I know my specific goal and why it matters to me? Do I authentically care about the goal? When was the last time I shared my passion, our progress and encouraged others to do the same? How do I keep my vision, enthusiasm, passion, direction, and progress out in the open consistently?” Avoid difficult conversations “I would rather get a root canal than have that conversation,” a senior executive at a Fortune 500 company said after I encouraged him to address a vastly underperforming senior leader with truth and accountability. Joel Salatin of PolyFace Farms said, “Disruption is critical to growth.” This is true whether we’re talking about growing grass, livestock, relationships, or the bottom line. Challenge: Ask yourself, “What conversation am I avoiding, and what are the costs associated? What are the positive (and negative) outcomes associated with having an open and honest conversation?” Failure to pause/reflect We don’t bat an eye at spending countless hours researching and figuring out how to use our new cell phone and all the awesome applications. We invest our time, money, and resources in getting the best gadgets on the planet, forgetting that we are our most valuable resource. Imagine the difference you could make for yourself if you stopped to notice the moments you feel joyful or irritable. Such information could greatly aid your overall energy, enthusiasm and excitement for your work, your team, and your life. Challenge: Open your calendar and ask yourself, “Where can I block off 20 minutes each day for silence/reflection?” No distractions. Be with yourself, journal about your thoughts, notice and watch as your life transforms in the coming weeks. Your 20-minute time block might shift from one day to the next, but the key is to do it every day. When you intentionally put your focus on growth, challenging yourself to communicate, share and reflect, opportunities will continually present themselves, allowing not only for your growth, but for everyone around you, and your bottom line. Here’s to your greatness, Misti Burmeister NEW! Gain clarity on what’s preventing your growth, along with what will inspire it – get your Gearing for Greatness session Today: http://mistiburmeister.com/gearingforgreatness/
Whether you invest your time, energy and capital in raising cows, pigs, and chickens, or in entrepreneurial ideas, advancing your mission, strengthening your team, or developing your career, it seems the process for healthy and sustainable growth is the same. A few weeks ago, the Washington Business Journal hosted Steve Case, co-founder of America Online (AOL) and current Chairman/CEO of Revolution LLC, an investment firm that is funneling cash into businesses, people, and ideas that are changing the world. “Innovation,” Case said, “isn’t happening only in Silicon Valley—it’s happening all around the country, and Revolution LLC is looking for the visionaries, ideas and communities to invest in.” Curious, I asked Mr. Case, “What are some of the characteristics you look for in a community where innovation is likely to happen?” “Communities in which collaboration is high. We tend to see this more often in areas that have come through difficulty—Detroit and New Orleans are great examples,” Case said, and went on to describe the start up community in New Orleans. “In New Orleans, one business might be doing well, and have good reason to celebrate, but they don’t see it that way. The success of each start up in the community is critical to the success of the whole,” Case said. Turns out, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina not only strengthened the bond of the community members, but it created the perfect environment for innovation and growth. Curious about the critical nature of disruption for growth, I grabbed my copy of The Third Wave and approached Mr. Case for his signature. While signing it, I asked him, “Do you think it’s the difficulty of the disruption in these communities that creates ripe environments for innovation?” “Yes, absolutely,” Case responded, which took me back my recent tour of Polyface Farms in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. During the tour, Joel Salatin, the farmer in charge of this revolutionary farm, talked about the importance of disrupting his animals and the land continuously in order to keep them healthy and vibrant. “Disruption is critical to growth,” Salatin said as he described his system for rotating his animals in a specific pattern. In essence, he seeks to significantly disrupt the grass by allowing the cows, chickens, geese, and turkeys to pick away at it until there is very little grass left. Meanwhile, by consistently moving his animals, he keeps them healthy and growing. Recognizing that, when given a choice, the vast majority of us seek comfort over discomfort, the known over the mysterious, permission over risk-taking, and approval over rejection or elimination, how can we ensure continual growth/advancement? The answer lies in intentionality. By intentionally— --Exposing yourself to different industries (and the people in them), --Developing new friendships, --Taking on a project you know little about, --Learning new skills (biking, swimming, programming, public speaking, etc), and --Opening yourself up to noticing/experiencing the full range of emotions that surface, and then dissolve— You effectively train yourself in discomfort, the critical element for growth, advancement, and innovation in your industry, on your team, and in your career. The idea behind this concept is the reason I love to swim in the rain. Since I’m already wet, I enjoy the feeling of each drop (even if it’s cold) as it hits my skin. Just as rain is no big deal when you’re already wet, experiencing discomfort when you first start learning a new industry isn’t as daunting when you’ve continuously exposed yourself to new and different people and experiences along the way. Here’s to Your Greatness, Misti Burmeister NEW! Ready to reconnect to the excitement of— —Your work/career —Leading your team —Growing your bottom line, along with your people? Grab your 40 minute Gearing for Greatness session with Misti today—http://mistiburmeister.com/GearingForGreatness “Misti’s approach and directness are what make her exceedingly valuable. She cut through the noise and got right to the heart of what’s necessary for growth.” –Alvin Katz, CPA Chair/Co-Founder, Katz/Abosch.
Last week, I took a trip out to Spooks, Virginia. It’s located in Shenandoah Valley, and man is it beautiful there! It also happens to be where Polyface Farms is located. For those of you who follow the sustainable farming movement, or watched Food Inc—a documentary on sustainable solutions to food production—you might remember Joel Salatin. He’s the man behind Polyface Farms, and one heck of a passionate believer in creating the best possible system for both the environment and his livestock. Cozying up on bails of hay thrown on top of a flat bed trailer, which was pulled by a big tractor, we took our tour of the farm. A few times throughout the tour, they stopped the tractors and Joel answer questions as he explained his system for rotating animals. As we weaved around his property, you could not help but be taken in by the beauty of the lush green pastures and rolling hills. On our second stop, Joel explained how he keeps his soil and grass healthy, along with ensuring his animals get proper nourishment. Essentially, they rotate various animals in a specific sequence on the same field. If they aren’t able to get enough animals through the fields in time before the grass becomes too mature, they cut it and save the clippings as feed for the winter months. “The pasture and the animals need the disruption (continuous grazing/clipping and movement) to remain healthy,” he said, “the disturbance is what allows for healthy growth.” His words captivated me, particularly as I started thinking about the importance of disruption in all areas of life. Whether we’re talking about moving animals out of their comfort zone, disrupting the fields with grazing/cutting, or having difficult conversations, we need disruption to create the fertile ground for growth. While Joel was initially talking about his farming practices, he was really hitting on a much bigger idea that is critical for all growth. Whether we’re talking about the bottom line, innovation, career growth, or professional advancement, disruption, disturbance, or discomfort are critical elements of the process. By getting attached to current systems, skills, and colleagues, we might be missing out on tremendous opportunities for growth. To avoid such stagnation, consider intentionally disrupting your own status quo. You can do this by: —Advancing your skillsets continuously —Rotating the venues in which you spend time networking/building relationships —Address elephants as they surface and open the floor for difficult conversations —Test out new ideas continuously, with the expectation that they might fail. There is no success without failure—train yourself and your team to appreciate failure and disruption as you move toward growth and advancement. Keep rotating, learning, and disrupting your comfort zone—in time your pastures (team, career, balance statement) will be the same kind of luscious green of Joel Salatin’s farm. Here’s to Your Greatness, Misti Burmeister NEW! Ready to reconnect to the excitement of— —Your work/career —Leading your team —Growing your bottom line, along with your people? Grab your 40 minute Gearing for Greatness session with Misti today—http://mistiburmeister.com/GearingForGreatness “Working with Misti Burmeister will be one of the best decisions you have ever made as a leader. She helped me integrate new behaviors and thought processes to bolster my overall leadership presence.” –Kevin Frick, Professor and Dean, Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business
Joel Salatin is a disruptor, entrepreneur, revolutionary farmer, and one heck of a leader. His work through Polyface Inc. (“The Farm of Many Faces”) has been featured in SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, GOURMET and countless other radio, television and print media. Profiled on the Lives of the 21st Century series with Peter Jennings on ABC World News, his after-broadcast chat room fielded more hits than any other segment to date. It achieved iconic status as the grass farm featured in the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA by food writer guru Michael Pollan and the award-winning film documentary, FOOD INC. Recently, I had a chance to visit the farm and was blown away by Joel’s perspective on innovation. “Disruption is critical for growth,” Joel said, as he explained his systematic approach for rotating his animals on the farm. Beyond farming, he talked about the importance of having difficult conversations and learning through disagreement. As you can imagine, I had SO many questions! I joyful the moment I got an immediate response from Joel, agreeing to let me interview him for this podcast. Not only will you learn a bit about farming and the industry in general, but you’ll walk away with tactical strategies for intentionally prompting innovation/growth in your career, on your team, and within your organization. Enjoy! Joel, a special thank you for generously sharing your time and your stories with our listeners—your dedication to greatness is incredible, and I’m grateful to know you! Here’s to Your Greatness, Misti Burmeister NEW! Ready to reconnect to the excitement of— —Your work/career —Leading your team —Growing your bottom line, along with your people? Grab your 40 minute Gearing for Greatness session with Misti today—http://mistiburmeister.com/GearingForGreatness “Through the power of listening and summarizing situations, Misti has an uncanny way of motivating not just you but your whole team!” – Susan Malone, Executive Director at Wide Angle Youth Media
If you're a farmer, what are your options for selling product? CSA's, farmers markets, on farm sales, grocery stores, and buying clubs. Buying clubs? It's one of the options that doesn't get talked about a lot. But it's the focus of this episode. In this episode I am talking with Sheri Salatin of Polyface Farms about Polyfaces Metropolitan Buying Clubs. In their words they describe buying clubs as a a local food distribution system that combines the real-time interfaces of online marketing with community-based interaction. These kinds of interfaces, without bricks and mortar, using the internet, create efficiency and economies of scale in local food distribution. Sheri goes into a lot of the specifics about their buying club and talks about how she grew Polyface's buying club from 30 customers to over 6000. 30 to over 600. How they manage their inventory How they started their buying club How their buying club grew How their buying club allowed them to grow the farm If you don't know much about buying clubs now, you will leave this episode knowing a lot about buying clubs. Learn more from this episode at permaculturevoices.com/120 Did you like this episode? If so, help support the show. Permaculture Voices is listener supported by people just like you. Please consider making a one time or reoccurring donation to support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support
Alternative farmer Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms is well-known for his commitment to raising the best food---food that is nutrient-dense, wholesome, organic, and natural; in short, food that is good for people and the planet! In today's episode, Joel addresses some common concerns related to real food. Where can we get it? Why is it so expensive? And is eating meat bad for the environment, as some claim? Joel tackles these issues one by one in his inimitable insightful and down-to-earth manner. A compelling speaker and author, Joel has had a huge impact on this generation's understanding of food and farming. After listening to this interview, you'll understand why this is so.
On this episode of The Sample Hour, I am joined by awesome Film Maker Graham Meriwether. Graham and I discuss his film American Meat. American Meat is a pro-farmer look at chicken, hog and cattle production in America. Beginning with a history of our current industrial system, the feedlots and confinement operations are unveiled, not through hidden cameras, but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work there. From there, the story shifts to Polyface Farms, where the Salatin family has developed an alternative agricultural model based on rotational grazing and local distribution. Nationwide, a local-food movement of farmers, chefs, and everyday people has taken root… But could it ever feed us all? Graham and I also talk about the importance of food decentralization, small scale farming and what it takes to make a documentary. Check out Graham's website and join his communities on the American Meat, Farmers For America, and Leave it Better facebook pages. Download.
You may have seen Joel Salatin, a third generation farmer at Polyface Farms, in the game-changing documentary Food, Inc. Salatin champions a sustainable and resourceful way of farm-living, especially the integration of all types of agriculture and animals on one farm. Join Salatin as he breaks down the troubles with factory farming and our food … The post What Happens When The Food You Eat Moves with Joel Salatin appeared first on Paleo Blog.
Tai Lopez is an investor, partner, or advisor to over 20 multi-million dollar businesses. Through his book club and podcasts, Tai shares advice on how to achieve health, wealth, love, and happiness with 1.4 million people in 40 countries. At age 16, Tai realized that life was too complex to figure out on his own. So Tai wrote a letter to the wisest person he knew, his grandfather - a scientist - and asked for the answers to life’s hard questions. Tai was disappointed with his grandfather’s reply. There was no “secret formula.” The letter simply said, "Tai, the modern world is too complicated. You’ll never find all the answers from just one person. If you’re lucky, you’ll find a handful of people throughout your life who will point the way." But one week later his grandfather sent a package containing an old, dusty set of eleven books with a note, "Start by reading these." That began Tai’s habit of reading on his search for what he calls the "Good Life”: the balance of the four major pillars of life - health, wealth, love, and happiness. Over the years, Tai sought out the secrets to that “Good Life” by setting up his life as a series of experiments. He began by first reading thousands of books from the most impactful figures in history Freud, Aristotle, Gandhi, Charlie Munger, Sam Walton, Descartes, Darwin, Confucius, and countless others. He spent two-and-a-half years living with the Amish, spent time working at a leper colony in India, and helped Joel Salatin pioneer grass-fed, sustainable agriculture on Polyface Farms. He then joined the long list of entrepreneur college dropouts and ended up completely broke (sleeping on his mom’s couch) until he talked five, multi-millionaire entrepreneurs into mentoring him. Tai went on to become a Certified Financial Planner and worked in the world of finance before becoming a founder, investor, advisor, or mentor to more than 20 multi-million dollar businesses while settling in the Hollywood Hills. He appeared on various TV and radio shows, spoke at top global universities like The London Business School and the University of Southern California, and created one of the top downloaded podcasts and YouTube channels, called “The Grand Theory of Everything.” In order to get feedback from an even larger audience, Tai started what is now one of the world’s largest book clubs that reaches 1.4 million people in 40 countries with his "Book-Of-The-Day" free email newsletter. Tai recently summarized all he has learned from his mentors and compiled them into a series of ‘mentor shortcuts’ he calls, "" He also created an alternative to the traditional business school. This "" program combines the best of self-learning with the best of a University degree without all the downsides of burdensome costs and inefficient methods. In this podcast episode with Tai, you'll discover: -Tai's take on morning routines, and the concept of "chunking your day"... -Which time of day is best to be lazy and take a break... -If Tai could invest in anything right now that would make people healthier or live longer, what he would invest in... -What kind of education Tai would give his kids if he had kids... -You drive a Lamborghini, live in the Hollywood Hills, have what appears to a comfortable life, etc. How do you give back? Do you ever feel "guilty" that you're not giving back enough? Want more of Tai? in which Tai and I talk about multi-tasking, reprogramming your genetics and checking your e-mail less. in which Tai and I talk about how to know when you’re actually making enough money, and when you can stop focusing on income, start focusing more on life, love and happiness, and how to strike the ideal balance between being overambitious and underambitious. , in which Tai and I discuss personal finances – particularly in the wake Tony Robbins is leaving with his new book “Money”, and how Tai feels we should protect and grow our wealth, and exactly what Tai’s personal investment philosophy is. Resources we discuss in this episode: - -Tai’s -Tai’s online video series: - Do you have question, comments or feedback about what to do with your money? Leave your thoughts at .
With less than 3 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's Wise Traditions Conference in Atlanta, Aaron Zober brings on the debaters for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense FundRAISER Dinner. For the Fundraiser dinner in Atlanta this year, there's an extra bonus of a Lincoln/Douglas style debate on whether the federal government should mandate labeling of genetically modified organisms on food products. Taking the side for government labeling is Dr. Joseph Mercola. Debating the position against GMO labeling is Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms. First, Aaron interviews Dr. Mercola. Mercola gives reasons why he believes a direct democracy for labeling genetically foods will help us eliminate GMOs. Then Aaron brings on Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms. Joel explains why government is not the answer to avoiding genetically modified organisms and what he sees as the solutions. Finally, Aaron closes the show out giving a special interview with GMO expert Jeffrey Smith. Jeffrey talks about the I-522 ballot initiative to label genetically modified foods in Washington, what our next step will be after that, and some foods that people met not realize contain GMOs.
The Wise Traditions speaker series continues. With less than 6 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's International Conference in Atlanta, Aaron interviews Pete Kennedy, president of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. Pete talks about the success of the recent BaconPalooza that was held by the FTCLDF at Joel Salatin's Polyface Farms. Pete then gets into the programs the FTCLDF will be involved with at the upcoming Wise Traditions Conference, including the debate at the fundraiser dinner with Dr. Joseph Mercola and Joel Salatin on mandatory government labeling of GMOs. At the Conference, Pete will be speaking about legal developments in raw milk access. Pete shares with Aaron some recent news about raw milk in various states. Pete also discusses the issue of right to farm acts, including some cases going on with the right to farm in Michigan.
Balanced Bites: Real Talk on Food, Fitness, & Life with Liz Wolfe
Topics:1. Intro to Diana Rodgers & her journey to health [3:38]2. A passion for sustainability [6:10]3. Homesteading inspiration & the realities of farm life [8:37]4. BaconPalooza and P3 at Polyface Farms [13:39]5. Nutrition education/credentials (NTP, NTC, RD) [16:18]6. Diana's new book, Paleo Lunches and Breakfasts On the Go [23:11]7. Is an official celiac diagnosis really necessary? [32:03]8. Empowering kids to make healthy food choices [36:02]9. Sneak peek of Diana's next book! [40:48]10. Homesteading miscellanea – predators, transgender chickens, etc. [43:00]11. The cost of good food [53:13]
We sit down with Jen and Brandon Hatmaker, co-pastors of Austin New Church and authors of Seven and The Barefoot Church, as well as catch up with Joel Salatin, leader of Polyface Farms, food expert and author of Folks, This Ain't Normal.
Dr Ben interview Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms. Joel is one of the world’s leading experts in sustainable farming. He is an author and lecturer presenting his innovative farming techniques to audiences worldwide. Joel discusses the benefits of small scale, sustainable farming and ranching techniques, how to restore grasslands, and how to make a living […]