The Conversationalist: Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms

The Conversationalist Winter Webinar Series, Episode #02:

Joel Salatin—Balancing East and West: Rediscovering Human-Scale & Place-Centric Agriculture with Joel Salatin.

Join us on November 23rd, 2021, at 3 pm ET for an earnest conversation on the community with Joel Salatin!

We will converse about questions such as:

- What is the confluence of western reductionism and eastern holism?
- Are those two mores exclusive or symbiotic?
- What do human-scale and place-centric agriculture have to do with the future of the regenerative movement?
- Does it have a future?

[srtjr]

My wife and I just recently discovered Joel Salatin. I have to admit, we have done the backyard chicken thing and having a vegetable garden in the past and it was great...but this guy is radically transforming my ideology and personal philosophy regarding the regenerative and actual sustainability aspects of the whole process. I am happy to say that we have been reinvigorated and are jumping back in. This time, its not only about producing our own food, but having a more personal relationship with our land, our animals, our crops, as well as our responsibilities and our role in the sustainability, preservation, and conservation of these natural resources...and we couldn't be more excited. Thank you Joel Salatin, Justin Rhodes, and many, many other homesteaders and farmers for producing this content. It has literally changed our lives.

[westernessence]

The fight to save Western Civilization starts inside ourselves. We should work to become the change we want to see in the world. Be healthy!

[thegoodoldways]

"...our goal and our first step in healing is to indict, with a credible alternative, the entire factory farming start there. When we dismantle that we can the move on to other things." This is the all of it, the umbrella over all. Usable tool for our toolbox. Best Joel quote ever.

[elizabethure]

I went so far as to do the astrology on the birthdate of us buying the property - so interesting- thanks so much for going into the emotional ties to the land - love for sure - an aside to this is that I asked the land what do you want me to do for you - it said you take care of me -we'll take care of you - it has so played out that way that I'm humbled every time I accept $$ or compliments for my connection w/it. thanks again

[Rhapsody]

Opportunity moves innovation, innovation moves paradigm
I want to print this on a shirt 😆

[Rhapsody]

I find it interesting that as the industrialized meat systems are gearing towards cows that are again by half what their natural weight probably should be.. so too are we humans becoming again by half the weights we should be if we were in natural environments
Quality over quantity, we need to start measuring things differently

[adamchant]

You mention at the outset that these conversations are available in podcast form. Can you tell me where to find them please? I am in the UK and cannot find them where I get my podcasts (Apple & Spotify). Thanks!

[mooman]

Dynamic balance is the essence of the concept Jung-yung, staying in the middle.

[amyjones]

I was speaking to an AI tech for the dairy industry and I asked him how big farmers choose to mate the cows and he said oh I just give them whatever I have in the AI tank. Seems a ridiculous way to improve your herd.

[Lilhomeintheredwoods]

Until there equity in access to this way of eating/farming it will remain for the elite, land owners, and wealthy. Any discussion about ethics and morality that doesn’t cover land theft, and planed bias/racism built into the agriculture systems is ignoring at best or participating in oppression of people. Joel never seems to understand such a basic concept. If his Daddy had been a person of color would he have a farm today?