"Our way doesn't take more manpower, it is more eyes per acre on the food we produce" - Joel Salatin

Joel Salatin is the worlds most famous farmer, visionary owner of Polyface farms, author, lecturer, entrepreneur, and humble servant of ecology.

Some of Joels writing and speaking topics include: sustainable farming, questioning assumptions, food policy, redeeming the earth, food systems, soil development, ecology, community, biosecurity, food borne pathogens, energy, integrity, humane husbandry, etc, etc.

I reached out to him because I am cofounder on a new sustainable farm/eco village/retreat center project, and I wanted to connect with him to better understand the possibilities

What you'll learn in this episode:

* Why farming without pesticides and chemical fertilizers doesn't actually take more labor* How to build a community where everyone loves what they are doing* Why to dig ponds and hold rain water as high on the land as you can* The gifts of the native Americans from herbalism to food production and fire management* How to educate yourself and get outside your comfort zone* How to build antifragile food systems

Quotes

"We have this notion so much today that nature is a reluctant partner." - Joel Salatin"America has almost twice as many people incarcerated as we have farmers. We produced more food 500 years ago in America than we do today" - Joel Salatin

"I continue to read aggressively and broadly. I feed my imagination by reading the imagination of others" - Joel Salatin"In turbulent times, resiliency becomes as important as efficiency." - Joel Salatin"The good news is, 1 million backyard flocks of chickens were started in America in 2020 during the pandemic" - Joel Salatin "If farming were done our way, there would be more people on farms, and more eyes per acre on our food." - Joel Salatin

I'm a pond-a-holic! The answer to Mississippi river flooding is not levees, its millions of small farm ponds." - Joel Salatin"All the people in the village will gravitate to their expertise as long as you don't force it. You just need to create a platform for people to tap dance out of bed" - Joel Salatin"Fear doesn't build things, faith build things." - Joel Salatin

"In turbulent times, you need to be more nimble. COVID threw an inefficiency monkey wrench in the systems of big companies" - Joel Salatin

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