From my earliest memories, I loved the farm. My grandfather was a charter subscriber to Rodale's Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine and had a huge, well kept garden with an octagonal chicken house in the corner. - Joel Salatin 1 Share Now -
It really disturbs me that the environmental movement has been co-opted by creation-worshippers instead of being encouraged by the Creator-worshippers. - Joel Salatin 2 Share Now -
Our land-healing ministry really is about cultivating relationships: between the people, the loving stewards, and the ecology of a place, what I call the environmental umbilical that we're nurturing here. - Joel Salatin 3 Share Now -
The shorter the chain between raw food and fork, the fresher it is and the more transparent the system is. - Joel Salatin 4 Share Now -
The cycle of life is death, decomposition and regeneration, and a person who wants to stop killing animals is actually anti-life because it's only in death that life can be regenerated. - Joel Salatin 6 Share Now -
Our biggest fear is that 'Food, Inc.' will move heavy-handed food-safety regulations forward. - Joel Salatin 7 Share Now -
We control health and pathogenicity by complex multi-speciated relationships through symbiosis and synergy. Portable shelters for livestock, along with electric fencing, insure hygienic and sanitary housing and lounging areas, not to mention clean air, sunshine, and exercise. - Joel Salatin 8 Share Now -
We're scared to death to try new things because we think we have to get it right the first time. - Joel Salatin 9 Share Now -
We believe that the farm should be building 'forgiveness' into the ecosystem. What does that mean? That a more forgiving ecosystem is one that can better handle drought, flood, disease, pestilence. - Joel Salatin 10 Share Now -
