Realize that agendas drive data, not the other way round Joel Salatin More Quotes by Joel Salatin More Quotes From Joel Salatin 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, linear thought process that counts on cleverness. Joel Salatin appreciatesoulgiving We need to respect the fact that cows are herbivores, and that does not mean feeding them corn and chicken manure. Joel Salatin doemeanneeds It's a foolish culture that entrusts its food supply to simpletons. Joel Salatin simpletonsfoolishculture Even if you don't eat at a fast food restaurant, you're now eating food that's produced by this system. Joel Salatin fast-foodrestaurantseating Land degradation did not start with chemical agriculture. But chemical agriculture offered new tools for annihilation. Joel Salatin agriculturelandtools I'm suggesting that criminalizing chemically fertilized grass in favor of unnaturally-fed corn is not a rational trade off. Joel Salatin cornfavorsgrass You wanna get diarrhoea? Eat industrial food. Joel Salatin diarrhoea I see myself today as Sitting Bull trying to bring a voice of Easternism, holism, community-based thinking to a very Western culture. Joel Salatin voicecommunitythinking Just because we can ship organic lettuce from the Salinas Valley, or organic cut flowers from Peru, doesn't mean we should do it, not if we're really serious about energy and seasonality and bioregionalism. Joel Salatin cuttingflowermean Ecology should be object lessons that the world sees, that explains in a visceral, physical way, the attributes of God. Joel Salatin lessonswayworld If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing poorly first. Joel Salatin best-effortjobsfirsts Nobody trusts the industrial food system to give them good food. Joel Salatin good-foodgiving The stronger a culture, the less it fears the radical fringe. The more paranoid and precarious a culture, the less tolerance it offers. Joel Salatin tolerancestrongerculture My imperative is to seek every moment and to live so God is in control. Joel Salatin god-is-in-controlimperativesmoments 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 what eggs look like when they're cracked out of a shell. Joel Salatin smelleggscooking Nobody walks well first, nobody writes well first and nobody cooks well first. Joel Salatin walkswritingfirsts Always listen to your customers. Joel Salatin customers You can't have a healthy civilization without healthy soil. You can't have junk food and have healthy people. Joel Salatin youjunk-foodfoodpeople We control health and pathogenicity by complex multi-speciated relationships through symbiosis and synergy. Portable shelters for livestock, along with electric fencing, insure hygienic and sanitary housing and lounging areas, not to mention clean air, sunshine, and exercise. Joel Salatin controlsunshinehealthexercise A pig has a plow on the end of its nose because it does meaningful work with it. It is built to dig and create soil disturbance, something it can't do in a concentrated feeding environment. The omnivore has historically been a salvage operation for food scraps around the homestead. Joel Salatin endenvironmentworkfood
