180: Joel Salatin tells all
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Joel Salatin is the most famous farmer in the world! A prolific author and engaging speaker, he's a man at the forefront of the regenerative agriculture movement. Today he shares the secrets of life: his insights on living, farming, and business. He covers how to find your sweet spot and staying relevant in a changing world. He tells us what books he's reading and what books he's writing! He opens up about his deepest motivations to farm sustainably and regeneratively and his biggest regret in life.
Joel is clearly passionate about his purpose; he radiates joy as he lives his best life. This conversation will inspire you to do the same.
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| 0:00.0 | They say that the ultimate goal of life is if you've got three circles, what you love, what you're good at, and what you know. |
| 0:09.0 | So you've got knowledge, skill, and love, okay? |
| 0:11.0 | Where those three circles intersect, that's your sweet spot of your life, okay? |
| 0:15.0 | Okay? |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast, sponsored by the Weston A Price Foundation for |
| 0:25.4 | Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and the Healing Arts. We're your source for scientific |
| 0:30.6 | knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. Hey guys I'm Hilda Labrada Gore and this is episode 180. Our guest today is probably |
| 0:48.0 | the most well-known farmer in the world. This is not hyperbole. Joel Salitan was featured in Michael Pollin's |
| 0:55.3 | Omnivore's dilemma and in the award-winning documentary Food Inc. For decades |
| 1:00.9 | Joel has been at the forefront of the Regenerative Farming Movement. |
| 1:04.9 | He is a popular speaker, the author of 12 books and counting, and the farmer who runs Polyface Farm |
| 1:11.5 | and Swoop Virginia. |
| 1:13.0 | When he's not on the road speaking, he's at home on the farm, |
| 1:16.0 | keeping the calluses on his hands and dirt under his fingernails, |
| 1:19.6 | mentoring young people, inspiring visitors, and promoting local regenerative food and farming systems. |
| 1:26.8 | This is where I encountered Joel at Polyface, and it's where I asked him to tell all. |
| 1:32.6 | In today's episode, we see a seldom seen side of the man. |
| 1:36.5 | Joel gets really real with us, imparting wisdom and truth left and right. |
| 1:41.4 | He tells us about the challenges and joys of aging, the blessing in disguise that |
| 1:46.2 | set his life's trajectory, advice for how to keep a business going strong, and his biggest regret. |
| 1:52.8 | Before we dive into the conversation we want to give a quick shout out to our sponsors. |
| 1:57.0 | Ancestral Supplements, putting back in what the modern world has left out. |
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