I see myself today as Sitting Bull trying to bring a voice of Easternism, holism, community-based thinking to a very Western culture.
Joel SalatinAmazingly, weโve become a culture that considers Twinkies, Cocoa Puffs, and Mountain Dew safe, but raw milk and compost-grown tomatoes unsafe.
Joel SalatinThe average person is still under the aberrant delusion that food should be somebody else's responsibility until I'm ready to eat it.
Joel SalatinYou know what the best kind of organic certification would be? Make an unannounced visit to a farm and take a good long look at the farmerโs bookshelf. Because what youโre feeding your emotions and thoughts is what this is really all about. The way I produce a chicken is an extension of my worldview. You can learn more about that by seeing whatโs sitting on my bookshelf than having me fill out a whole bunch of forms.
Joel SalatinThe notion that processed food is cheap and integrity foods are prohibitively expensive is simply not true.
Joel SalatinA culture that just views a pig as a pile of protoplasmic inanimate structure, and can be manipulated by whatever creative design humans can foist upon that critter, will probably view individuals within its community and other cultures in the community of nations, with the same type of disdain and disrespect and controlling-type mentality.
Joel Salatin