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 Gardening
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 Environmental
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 Environmental
The shorter the chain between raw food and fork, the fresher it is and the more transparent the system is. Joel Salatin Food
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 Death
Our biggest fear is that 'Food, Inc.' will move heavy-handed food-safety regulations forward. Joel Salatin Food
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 Health
We're scared to death to try new things because we think we have to get it right the first time. Joel Salatin Death
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 Forgiveness
There's a short chain between field and fork, and the shorter that chain is - the fresher, the more transparent that system is - the less chance there is of anything from bio-terrorism to pathogenicity to spoilage. Joel Salatin Chance
Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food. Joel Salatin Food
Our motto is we respect and honour the pigness of the pig and the chickenness of the chicken. That means not confining them in a house with hundreds of others. Joel Salatin Respect
You can't have a healthy civilization without healthy soil. You can't have junk food and have healthy people. Joel Salatin Food
We've created a tenfold core value protocol to make sure that we don't fall into an 'empire' attitude. Joel Salatin Attitude