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“The linear, single species idea of farming is an assault on ecological function. Something's going to break down in that system - anything from soil structure, in economics... but where to start is with true ecological function.” quote by Joel Salatin — Download Open image

“The linear, single species idea of farming is an assault on ecological function. Something's going to break down in that system - anything from soil structure, in economics... but where to start is with true ecological function.”

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Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen.

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If we fail to appreciate the soul that Easternism gives us, then what we have is a disconnected, Greco-Roman, Western, egocentric, compartmentalized, reductionist, fragmented,…

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Remember, machines don't forgive.

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Ecology should be object lessons that the world sees, that explains in a visceral, physical way, the attributes of God.

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I'm a Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic. It's a humorous way for me to describe that I'm not stereotypical.

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Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food.

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Think of all the mesquite in Texas, the pinyon pines, the acorns in Appalachia, every place has the possibility of mass production. It's an…

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Our culture doesn't ask about preserving the essence of pig; it just asks how can we grow them faster, fatter, bigger, and cheaper. We…

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We only want autonomous collaborators that are incentivized to make or break their own income.

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The wealth of any ecosystem is its perennials. The primal herbivore-predator-disturbance-rest dance is literally the breath and pulse of the earth. Grasses recycle oxygen…

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