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Breaking Our Slavery To The Industrial Food Complex | Joel Salatin

Aug 7, 2025
Joel Salatin, the 'most famous farmer in America,' champions sustainable agriculture at Polyface Farm. He critiques the industrial food complex, advocating for grassroots policies that empower small farmers. Salatin shares innovations like mobile shade for cattle and emphasizes the need to rethink food sourcing for better health. He highlights the importance of community engagement and education in building local food systems, aiming to inspire the next generation of farmers to embrace sustainability.
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Industrial Food Complex Enslaves Farmers

  • The industrial food complex enslaves farmers with regulations blocking competition and entrepreneurship.
  • Joel Salatin seeks an underground railroad for exiting this system, not abolition of big companies.
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USDA Growth Despite Farmer Decline

  • USDA expands in budget and personnel while number of farmers plummets and average farmer ages rapidly.
  • Farming is culturally viewed as lowly, pushing towards fewer, larger farms and ongoing consolidation.
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Pharma Lobby Shapes Food Policies

  • Pharmaceutical companies strongly influence USDA policies, prioritizing drugs over alternative, natural treatments.
  • Government focus on pharmaceuticals fuels a pervasive legal drug problem, overshadowing illegal drug issues.
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