The industrial food system is so cruel and so horrific in its treatment of animals. It never asks the question: 'Should a… — Joel Salatin Animals Copy Share Image
Since chemical fertilizer burns out the soil organic matter, other farmers struggle with tilth, water retention, and basic soil nutrients. The soil… — Joel Salatin Acquire Copy Share Image
The mechanical food system externalizes a lot of costs like obesity or Type 2 diabetes. — Joel Salatin Costs Copy Share Image
The farmers are older; they are under financial stress to produce more margins, yet they keep getting less. — Joel Salatin Keep Copy Share Image
I'm suggesting that criminalizing chemically fertilized grass in favor of unnaturally-fed corn is not a rational trade off. — Joel Salatin Corn Copy Share Image
We're scared to death to try new things because we think we have to get it right the first time. — Joel Salatin Death Copy Share Image
We move the cows every day to a new spot which allows the grass time to recuperate and go through its what… — Joel Salatin Cows Copy Share Image
Respecting and honoring the pigness of the pig is a foundation for societal health. — Joel Salatin Foundation Copy Share Image
Unfortunately in the U.S., the courts have pretty much sided with the GMO lobby and suggesting that a farmer has no rights… — Joel Salatin Farmer Copy Share Image
It's a foolish culture that entrusts its food supply to simpletons. — Joel Salatin Culture Copy Share Image
If you think the price of organic food is expensive, have you priced cancer lately, — Joel Salatin Cancer Copy Share Image
The average person is still under the aberrant delusion that food should be somebody else's responsibility until I'm ready to eat it. — Joel Salatin Average Copy Share Image
I think it's one of the most important battles for consumers to fight: the right to know what's in their food, and… — Joel Salatin Battle Copy Share Image
I don't want to sound too mystical or weird but it's important to know what garlic smells like when it's cooking, or… — Joel Salatin Cooking Copy Share Image
No civilization on the brink of collapse has ever changed fast enough to avert collapse. — Joel Salatin Civilization Copy Share Image
We don't need a law against McDonald's or a law against slaughterhouse abuse--we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we… — Joel Salatin Abuse Copy Share Image
I think it's important to understand that in the big historical context of things, there has been land degradation from civilisation since… — Joel Salatin Been Copy Share Image
Throughout high school, I peddled my eggs, had a vendor stand at the local curb market - precursor to today's farmers' markets… — Joel Salatin Debate Copy Share Image
A farmer friend of mine told me recently about a busload of middle school children who came to his farm for a… — Joel Salatin Apples Copy Share Image
I always said if I could figure out a way to grow Kleenex and toilet paper on trees, we could pull the… — Joel Salatin Grow Copy Share Image
The butcher, baker, and candlestick maker have been around a lot longer than supermarkets and Wal-Mart. — Joel Salatin Around Copy Share Image
How much evil throughout history could have been avoided had people exercised their moral acuity with convictional courage and said to the… — Joel Salatin Agents Copy Share Image
God doesn't just miraculously and physically intervene in the whole process, so if I just go and drop a bunch of chemicals… — Joel Salatin Children Copy Share Image
