The shorter the chain between raw food and fork, the fresher it is and the more transparent the system is.
Joel SalatinDespite all the hype about local or green food, the single biggest impediment to wider adoption is not research, programs, organizations, or networking. It is the demonizing and criminalizing of virtually all indigenous and heritage-based food practices.
Joel SalatinIf every American for one week refused to eat at a fast-food joint, it would bring concentrated animal feeding operations to their knees.
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 SalatinOur animals don't do drugs. Instead, we move them almost daily in a tightly choreographed ballet from pasture spot to pasture spot.
Joel SalatinA farmer friend of mine told me recently about a busload of middle school children who came to his farm for a tour. The first two boys off the bus asked, "Where is the salsa tree?" They thought they could go pick salsa, like apples and peaches. Oh my. What do they put on SAT tests to measure this? Does anybody care? How little can a person know about food and still make educated decisions about it? Is this knowledge going to change before they enter the voting booth? Now that's a scary thought.
Joel Salatin