When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the operative protocol.
Joel SalatinThe shorter the chain between raw food and fork, the fresher it is and the more transparent the system is.
Joel SalatinWhat happens is all these things we're seeing โ campylobacter, E coli, mad cow, listeria, salmonella, that weren't even in the lexicon 30 years ago โ that is the industrial paradigm exceeding its efficiency. So these Latin squiggly words that we're learning to say โ bovine spongiform encephalopathy โ are nature's language screaming to us: ENOUGH! And the question then is: what will it take for us to listen? And my contention is that Wall Street is still wearing conquistador mentality and uniforms, and nobody is listening to the pleadings of nature saying: 'Enough.'
Joel SalatinI saw a news report recently that measured average video game use by American men between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five: twenty hours per week. Do you mean the flower of America's masculinity can't think of anything more important to do with twenty hours a week than sit in front of a video screen? Folks, this ain't normal. Can't we unplug already?
Joel Salatin