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Food Inc. Farmer: Joel Salatin
A Q & A with Food Inc’s farmer, Joel Salatin
Your Name: Joel Salatin
Your Occupation: Farmer, Writer, Speaker, Dream-doer
Your Blog/Website: www.polyfacefarms.com
Your Twitter Profile: what is Twitter?
Your Go-to food that you can’t live without: Fried pastured eggs sunny side up and pigaerator pork sausage for breakfast
Which person living or dead would you most like to have a meal with? King Ahaseurus–he didn’t kill Esther when she violated protocol, and then he hung Mordacai, who was going to exterminate the Jews. This shows Ahaseurus was open to innovative courtroom proceduresl, had a romantic heart, and was humble enough to admit his mistake and then correct it with equitable justice. There’s a great leader
What would you serve? polyface hot dogs
What trait do you most deplore in our food? processing
What characteristic do you most admire about our food system? the number of ways we can refabricate corn and soy
What is your best trait? communication
What was your favorite song as a kid? too long ago to remember
If you could deliver five words to Congress, what would they be? Get out of my life
If the USDA asked you to replace the word “Organic,” what word would you use? None–I don’t think the government should own our words.
If you were a piece of food, what would you be? raw pastured cow’s milk
What is your favorite indulgence? ice cream
What is your current state of mind? pure lunacy
What is your motto? EVERYTHING I WANT TO DO IS ILLEGAL
“If you can dream, you can do.”
– Paul Coelho
– Paul Coelho
