136: Joel Salatin: worldwide to hyperlocal
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
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🗓️ 4 June 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Joel Salatin is likely one of the most influential farmers on the face of the planet. He runs Polyface Farms in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. For decades he has been an influential author and speaker; a prominent advocate of the sustainable, regenerative agriculture movement. With humor and honesty, he always tells it like it is. One of his most popular books, "Folks, this ain't normal," was recently translated into Spanish.
We caught up with him shortly after some recent travels to Australia, Austria, Spain, and more. In today's interview, he gives us his perspective on farming around the world. Along the way, he weighs in on imitation meat, how limited the "organic" label can be, and why Americans may be more willing to buck the government than Europeans. After going global with Joel, we get hyperlocal and swing back around to Polyface, and then to our own backyards. How can we eat more locally? What changes can we make to live in a way that's better for the world and our health, too? Prepare to be challenged and entertained as he answers these questions and more.
To find out more about Joel, visit his website polyfacefarms.com.
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| 0:00.0 | there are a lot of domestic things that we can do in our homes on our |
| 0:05.4 | porches on our patios on our roofs and in our backyards that will not only |
| 0:11.6 | you know give us nutrient density on site but I think that there's just |
| 0:16.5 | something spiritual about viscerally participating in something as intimate as food. |
| 0:23.7 | Don't have to grow at all and I'm not telling you to grow bananas in New York, |
| 0:27.6 | but I am suggesting that there is something humbling as intimate to us as |
| 0:35.0 | as intimate to us as our food. Welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast sponsored by the Westin A Price Foundation for Wise Traditions and Food Farming and the Healing Arts. |
| 0:58.0 | We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm your host, Hilda Labrada Gore. |
| 1:10.0 | This is episode 136 and my guest is Joel Salitan. |
| 1:14.0 | Joel is a much admired farmer who has been a trailblazer for sustainable |
| 1:18.4 | regenerative agriculture. |
| 1:20.5 | He runs Polyface Farm in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, and he was prominently featured in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivores Delema, and in the 2008 documentary Food Inc. |
| 1:32.0 | He is a farmer, yes, but so much more. He is an advocate for real food |
| 1:36.1 | and healthy living. He is a speaker and an author, and a man who describes himself as a Christian Libertarian, Environmentalist, Capitalist, |
| 1:44.4 | Lunatic Farmer. |
| 1:46.0 | So yeah, that's Joel, an equal opportunity offender |
| 1:49.1 | who challenges our conventional perspective, |
| 1:51.6 | particularly when it comes to food and farming. |
| 1:54.0 | Today, Joe tells us about his recent travels around the world. |
| 1:58.0 | We learn about what's happening on the food and farming front in Australia, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands, and... and organic label can be, and why Americans may be more willing to buck the government than |
| 2:15.0 | Europeans are. |
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