Joel Salatin's Polyface Farm (Video Library)
“I’m all about trying to reinvigorate this notion of the Jeffersonian, intellectual agrarian.”
~ Joel Salatin
This post is a video compilation of Joel Salatin’s holistic methods of farming at his Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. It contains over seventeen hours of video covering interviews, farm tours, as well as talks and presentations he has given to a wide variety of audiences. I have tried to categorize them under general headings where no specific title is available. It begins with the “Introductory Video” section which gives a series of overviews of his farm operation and philosophy. For those who want to skip the introduction and go directly to the details, the “2010 Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense FundRAISER” section is the most comprehensive. The section after this is unnamed but covers the same main topics during a different farm tour. Most of the various indoor talks he has given have been grouped in the section, “Presentations given by Joel Salatin”, located near the end of the post. I have tried to prioritize them based on video quality and content. There are many other valuable videos which have been grouped under various headings but the two I have named are the most informative. If there is any specific information that you would like to find in this series of videos, just leave a comment and I’ll try to point you to the right video(s) covering your topic of interest.
Happy watching~
Stillwater
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Overview
“Joel F. Salatin (born 1957) is an American farmer, lecturer, and author whose books include You Can Farm and Salad Bar Beef.
Salatin raises livestock using holistic methods of animal husbandry, free of potentially harmful chemicals, on his Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley. Meat from the farm is sold by direct-marketing to consumers and restaurants ...
Salatin, a self-described "Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist farmer" produces high-quality "beyond organic" meats, which are raised using environmentally responsible, ecologically beneficial, sustainable agriculture ...
Salatin's 550-acre farm is featured prominently in Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma (2006) and the documentary films, Food, Inc, and Fresh. His unconventional farming practices have drawn attention from the alternative agriculture community especially those interested in sustainable livestock management ...
Salatin’s philosophy of farming emphasizes healthy grass on which animals can thrive in a symbiotic cycle of chemical-free feeding. Cows are moved from one pasture to another rather than being centrally corn fed. Then chickens in portable coops are moved in behind them, where they dig through the cow dung to eat protein-rich fly larvae while further fertilizing the field with their droppings.”
Wikipedia
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Introductory Videos
USA Today report on Polyface farm
Polyface Farms clip from Food Inc.
Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms discusses grass-fed cattle - “Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farms, believes in raising animals in a way that mimics the processes of nature: Cows graze one area of grass, and a few days later, chickens graze the same area and eat the fly larvae out of the manure. The manure from both fertilizes the grass. Joel Salatin discusses a little of this process, here.”
He ends by saying, “I’m all about trying to reinvigorate this notion of the Jeffersonian intellectual agrarian.”
The Polyface Farm DVD Trailer - “A comprehensive look at Polyface Farm through the course of one full year of farming, this DVD features one of the world's finest working examples of an environmentally friendly family farm. Join entrepreneur and passionate farmer Joel Salatin as he explains balance and interconnectedness of the landscape, community, plants and animals. Hard hitting and practical, Salatin's explanations will revolutionize your thinking about food and farming in a proactive, can-do style. Both "how" and "why" unite in this information-rich DVD that will impact your life as powerfully as any performance.”
TEDx MidAtlantic - “Joel Salatin is an American farmer, lecturer, and author whose books include You Can Farm and Salad Bar Beef. Salatin raises livestock using holistic methods of animal husbandry, free of potentially harmful chemicals, on his Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. Salatins 550-acre farm is featured prominently in Michael Pollans book, The Omnivores Dilemma and the documentary film, Food, Inc.” (11/5/09)
Joel Salatin excerpt from “Fresh” documentary
Sissy Farmer (Joel Salatin on Forgiveness) - Building forgiveness into the landscape to make it more resilient.
Keeping Food Local At Polyface Farm - The Virginian-Pilot, produced by Norm Shafer
Story on Joel Salatin by Britt Carlson - “See Joel Salatin visit Chaffin Orchard's 2,000 acre farm in northern Califrornia. Chaffin Orchards is very similar to Polyface with an added layer of stonefruit, citrus, and olive orchards being managed by cattle, sheep, goats, and chickens.” (01/17/2011)
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Meet The Farmer TV presents Polyface Farm
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
“Agricultural truth, is when the model is just as applicable and current in a high tech industrial country as it is in a developing country.”
~ Joel Salatin
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2010 FARM-TO-CONSUMER LEGAL DEFENSE FUND-RAISER - Joel Salatin's Polyface Farm Tour
Salad Bar Beef
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Pigaerator Pork
Part 1 - "This is where Michael Pollan had his epiphany for "Omnivore's Dilemma."
Part 2 - "Pigs do that work and it allows the pig not to be just pork chops and bacon, they now become co-conspirators and co-laborers, fellow workers, in this great land healing ministry. And so, the other thing it does, is fully honors and respects the "pigness of the pig"
Part 3
Part 4
Why Pastured Bacon is $9 lb
Pastured Poultry
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Food Safety - Chicken + Eggs - “The supermarket chicken averaged 3,600 CFU( Colony Forming Units) and Polyface averaged 133 CFU.”
Increasing Production Per Acre - "If food prices kept up with land prices, you'd be paying $20 for a hamburger today ... In order to keep up with that we have to farm smarter we have to stack synergistic holonic enterprises that complement each other and get out of this notion that we can do that with a single species ... We've got to stack these complementary enterprises so that we do ratchet up this income per acre.”
Vaccination & Artificial Insemination
Supporting Multi Generations on the Farm
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PolyFace Cattle
Part 1
Part 2
What happens when you are surrounded by over 400 happy Polyface cows?
PolyFace Broilers
Part 1, Part 2
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Processing Poultry - *Contains graphic footage*
Polyface Processing Overview
Polyface poultry kill cones w/ grady
Polyface poultry evisceration w/ joel salatin
Polyface poultry parting w/ Daniel Salatin
Featherman Tutorial: Eviscerating with Joel Salatin
Featherman Tutorial: Cutting up a chicken with Daniel Salatin
Turkey model Featherman plucker
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Earth Eats Interviews Joel Salatin
Factory Farming, Organic Farming and Polyface Farming - “Joel Salatin defines factory farming and organic farming and then describes how his approach to farming is different. From an interview with Earth Eats Host Annie Corrigan.”
Christian, Libertarian, Environmentalist, Capitalist Farmer - “Joel Salatin describes himself as a "Christian, libertarian, environmentalist, capitalist farmer." Earth Eats Host Annie Corrigan asks him to break those labels down and define what they mean to him.”
Polyface Farm, Animals As Co-Laborers - “Joel Salatin talks about his farming practices and his view that the animals on his farm are co-laborers in his enterprise.”
Transparency And Accountability In The American Food System - “Joel Salatin talks about the lack of transparency in the modern food system and how far removed we have become from the practice of raising and harvesting animals.”
What's In Your Fridge Right Now? - “Joel Salatin, author and owner of Polyface Farm on what he's eating at home right now.”
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Joel Salatin interview w/ Cathy Sue Raymond of Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Treating Farms Like A Business
Joel Salatin and the Winds of Change - Food Safety Legislation - “Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms weighs in on pending food safety legislation like HR 875 and Hr 2749 and the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).”
Polyface Distribution - Buying Club
Polyface Farms Provides Pork for Chipotle
Everything Moves at Polyface Farms - pastured rabbits
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Class Tour of Polyface Farm
“Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farm gives our class a tour of the farm, explaining his methodology and reasoning along the way. He also explains why the methods used on his farm are more sustainable, safe and productive than methods used by modern agribusiness in today's food production.”
Part 1 - Chicken Coop/Hoop House (Winter)
Part 2 - Questions on Pig Pen and Chicken Coop
Part 3 - Multispeciation and Carbonaceous Diapers
Part 4 - Can this Feed the World?
Part 5 (1/2) - The Importance of Grass
Part 5 (2/2) - The Importance of Grass
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Miscellaneous videos taken during a farm tour
Moving a mobile chicken tractor
Joel Salatin on hay bails talking about Heritage breeds
Managing forests, and pastures with pigs
Breeding, selection of cows & legal paperwork
Joel Salatin talking at Afton field
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3 - “Joel Salatin talking about doing things perfect”
“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing poorly first; because if you don’t do it poorly first, you never get skilled in doing it.”
~Joel Salatin
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August 2011 Farm Tour
Part 1 - Running permanent grid of electrical fence along topographical breakpoints
Part 2 - Pastured poultry
Part 3 - Pigaerators
Watson Farms goes to Polyface - (08/16/11)
Part 1
Part 2
Joel Salatin talks with Nick Ritar at Milkwood Farm
Milkwood: Joel Salatin on debt free farming
Milkwood: Choosing Farmland? Joel Salatin and Nick Ritar
Milkwood: Let function drive your farming plan: Joel Salatin
Q&A with Joel Salatin @ Polyface Farm Field Day on July 09, 2011.
If it is worth doing, it is woth doing wrong!
Joel Salatin's thoughts on Wendell Berry
USDA Policy: Life begins in the Embryo!
Wendy and Sarah from TakePart visit Joel Salatin at Polyface Farm
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Miscellaneous videos
Hayseed - “Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm talks about why farmers shouldn't dress as "hayseeds". This is an excerpt of Joel's speech from the afternoon "Relationship Marketing" session from the Bring Food Home conference on March 4, 2010 in Kitchener, Ontario.”
Pasture Management and Keyline Design for Grassfed Cattle - “Join Joel Salatin on the central coast of California for a ranch visit with Janina Pawlowski and Doniga and Erik Markegard from Markegard Family Grass-Fed. Joel describes how to divide pasture land based on keylines as well as how to manage pasture with seasonal dry conditions.”
Gobbly Goo - Pastured turkeys
Uncommon Sense - Insights from Nathan Vergin, an 18 year old apprentice foreman at Polyface Farms.
Polyface farm tour: Pigs, Chickens, Turkeys, Baby Chicks, Rabbits, The Store
Saving The World With Grass Based Farming
The Splendor of Grass - "Joel Salatin discusses the stages of grass growing from the energy provided by the sun."
Let's See What This Model Can Do - "Joel and Daniel Salatin of PolyFace Farms, Swoop, VA talk about the natural organic benefits and how Fertrell is essential to their operation."
Martha Stewart intervies Joel Salatin - Interview starts @ 9:55
Joel Salatin: "How to Eat Well AND Save Our Planet" (interview with CTV Regina)
Joel Salatin at Full Frame - “Interview of Joel Salatin, who is featured prominently in the documentary Food Inc., directed by Robert Kenner, at the Full Frame Documentary Festival in Durham, NC, April 3, 2009.”
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PRESENTATIONS GIVEN BY JOEL SALATIN
Joel Salatin on Localization - “Join Joel Salatin in San Mateo County, California as he provides an example of how to mimic nature to provide for human needs without compromising biodiversity.”
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Sustainable Food Production - "Sustainable Food Production program at Minnesota State Fergus Falls hosts Joel Salatin." The slides are presented clearly on full screen while a smaller video box of Salatin is in the upper right corner.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Sustainable Farming with Joel Salatin - “Joel Salatin speaks on sustainable farming to a group in Chico, CA in January 2011.“
Part 1 - (Salatin speaks at 20 minute mark.)
Part 2
Pathways To Relocalization - “If the US has a Grand Master of family farming and farm market strategy, it's likely Joel Salatin, here laying out a banquet of food for thought to a packed house in Santa Barbara and providing an inspired wrap up for the inaugural series of the Carbon Economy Courses.”
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Healing the Planet one Plate at a Time - “Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms talks about healing the planet one plate at a time. Bremerton, WA June 4, 2008"
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Local Food to the Rescue - “Central Carolina Community College's campus in Pittsboro hosted Speaker Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms.”
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 15
Joel Salatin on Food Safety - Joel Salatin gives an excellent talk to a group in Portland, Oregon about food safety. (1 hr 9 min)
Video
Answering the Food Inquisitors - “An evening with Joel Salatin, presented by Slow Food Canberra and Milkwood Permaculture.”
"In a talk in Canberra in early December 2010, Joel Salatin suggested that just as there was the Religious Inquisition 500 years ago, we're now experiencing a Food Inquisition. These videos are his replies to the Inquisitors, answering 12 often-presented Assumptions. Part 1 responds to "Oh, you can't be serious. You can't feed the world!" and "You really just want us to go back to loincloths, washboard, hog cholera and tuberculosis!"
Salatin Promo 12 Assumptions - Excerpts from the full presentation.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Joel Salatin's Canberra farewell
My Garden Footprint Presents Food Inc's Joel Salatin - "The My Garden Footprint Team present Food Inc. star Joel Salatin at the 2011 BC Association of Farmer's Markets 2011 Conference."
Part 1
Part 2
Joel Salatin presentation on Sustainability - (57 minutes)
Video
"Ballet in the Pasture" - “Joel Salatin's lecture at Albion College, September 16, 2010.”
Part 1
Part 2 - incomplete clip
Joel Salatin at the Urban Farm Store - “Joel Salatin speech from Portland, Oregon August 13 2009. Joel spoke at the Urban Farm Store.”
Part 1
Part 2
Joel Salatin at Georgia Organics - “A few minutes with Joel Salatin at the Georgia Organics conference in Douglas, GA on March 9, 2007.”
Joel Salatin at Georgia Organics - "Here he answers the question, "Is sustainable agriculture a viable way to feed cities."
Joe Salatin at Live Green Expo - 4-17-2010 (poor video quality)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Local Food to the Rescue - Joel Salatin's presentation in Chautauqua Boulder, Colorado on 08/29/11 (53 minutes)
Audio
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Miscellaneous interviews, excerpts, and presentations
Childhood memories of his grandfather's farm - "Joel Salatin talks about the whole of life Regenerative approach to moving from a child's vision to the reality today of what is Polyface Farms. Joel is a renowned author, activist and farmer who is one of the 2010 Regenerative Agriculture Workshop Series trainers (Nov-Dec 2010)."
Folks This Ain't Normal - "Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farms, author of Folks This Ain't Normal (to be released October 10, 2011)..."
Lunatic Farmer - "Recently, Mr. Salatin spoke to a sell-out audience (co-sponsored by The Woodstock Land Conservancy and the Woodstock Farm Festival), where he had plenty to say. He was kind enough to make time to speak with us before taking the stage."
Joel Salatin interview w/ Amber Karnes
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Virginia Farming interviews Joel Salatin on WVPT
Part 1 - Episode #811, Interview starts @ 7:28
Part 2 - Episode #815, Interview starts @ 9:04
Joel Salatin interview w/ Paul Bishop - "...part of a series of video's with Joel" in Brisbane, Australia.
A short news clip by Katie Ferber on Joel Salatin's Visit to the Central Coast
Joel Salatin at Wise Traditions 2010 - “A short excerpt from Joel Salatin's keynote at the Wise Traditions 2010 conference.”
Joel Salatin on the Price of Organic Food
You get what you pay for - A short clip from Joel’s lecture in MN.
Food Respect - “Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm talks about respecting the "pigness of the pig". This is an excerpt of Joel's keynote speech from the evening reception at the Bring Food Home conference on March 4, 2010 in Kitchener, Ontario.”
Joel Salatin @ Art Centre of Plano
Joel Salatin for Time for Lunch
Joel Salatin & Dr. Preston Maring at Kaiser Permanente discuss sustainable food & farmers markets - “Prior to the talks, both Joel Salatin and Dr. Preston Maring, a long-time sustainable food advocate at Kaiser Permanente, talked with reporters about the farmers market program at Kaiser Permanente and the value of sustainable food systems in supporting the health of farmers and consumers.”
Joel Salatin visits Farm to Family Bus - “Joel Salatin from Polyface Farms visits the bus and talks to bus owner Mark Lilly during the FRESH screening for Congress reception at Poste Moderne Brasserie, Washington, DC, May 21, 2010.”
NICFA Reception @ US Congress with Ron Paul + Joel Salatin
Part 1 - Ron Paul
Part 2
Part 3 - Joel Salatin
Part 4 - na
Part 5 - na
Part 6
Part 7 - na
Part 8 - Ron Paul
Part 9
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Students of Joel Salatin’s system of farming
Afton Field Farm - "Tyler Jones went through Joel Salatin's farm internship program at Polyface farms a couple of years back. Now he has started a farm of his own, Afton Field Farm, in Corvallis, Oregon."
Raised on Grass: Pasture Fed Animals - "New to the life of farming, a middle-aged couple make a career change from a professional life in Silicon Valley to commercially raising pasture fed animals on their newly purchased farm in Oregon. First mentoring under Joel Salatin, they now raise pasture fed cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, lambs, and sheep."
Living Culture 55.2 - Abundant Life Farm - "The Jondle family trained with renowned author and rancher, Joel Salatin, at his Polyface Farm."
Living Culture 60.1 - Berkshire Pigs - "Living Culture host, Nate Rafn, and chef Steve Morton visit with Scott Jondle at Abundant Life Farm in Dallas, Oregon. Steve and Scott discuss their pig-feeding pilot program, which incorporates vegetable scraps from Steve's West Salem restaurant, Morton's Bistro NW. We also talk with Scott about raising pigs and other livestock on the farm."
Is Healthy Food Too Expensive? - Joal Salatin interview with UW (Underground Wellness) Radio
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More Joel Salatin video library updates...
Here are the latest videos of interviews, farm tours, and presentations which I have added to the OP. Again, some of the presentations are the same but the one titled "Sustainable Food Productions", by Sustainable Food Production program at Minnesota State Fergus Falls, clearly shows his slides and has some additional info. The talk titled "Joel Salatin on Food Safety" is very good as well. He also talks a little about permaculture concepts, swales, and ponds. He manages water on his farm by building ponds(12 currently) in the hills and distributing the water through five miles of gravity fed lines.
Folks This Ain't Normal - "Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farms, author of Folks This Ain't Normal (to be released October 10, 2011)..."
Lunatic Farmer - "Recently, Mr. Salatin spoke to a sell-out audience (co-sponsored by The Woodstock Land Conservancy and the Woodstock Farm Festival), where he had plenty to say. He was kind enough to make time to speak with us before taking the stage."
Joel Salatin on Food Safety - Joel Salatin gives an excellent talk to a group in Portland, Oregon about food safety. (1 hr 9 min)
Video
Joel Salatin interview w/ Amber Karnes
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
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August 2011 Farm Tour
Part 1 - Running permanent grid of electrical fence along topographical breakpoints.
Part 2 - Pastured poultry
Part 3 - Pigaerators
Watson Farms goes to Polyface - (08/16/11)
Part 1
Part 2
Joel Salatin talks with Nick Ritar at Milkwood Farm
Milkwood: Joel Salatin on debt free farming
Milkwood: Choosing Farmland? Joel Salatin and Nick Ritar
Milkwood: Let function drive your farming plan: Joel Salatin
Q&A with Joel Salatin @ Polyface Farm Field Day on July 09, 2011.
If it is worth doing, it is woth doing wrong!
Joel Salatin's thoughts on Wendell Berry
USDA Policy: Life begins in the Embryo!
Saving The World With Grass Based Farming
The Splendor of Grass - "Joel Salatin discusses the stages of grass growing from the energy provided by the sun."
Joel Salatin Talks Fence
Wendy and Sarah from TakePart visit Joel Salatin at Polyface Farm
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Sustainable Food Production - "Sustainable Food Production program at Minnesota State Fergus Falls hosts Joel Salatin." The slides are presented clearly on full screen while a smaller video box of Salatin is in the upper right corner.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
My Garden Footprint Presents Food Inc's Joel Salatin - "The My Garden Footprint Team present Food Inc. star Joel Salatin at the 2011 BC Association of Farmer's Markets 2011 Conference."
Part 1
Part 2
Joel Salatin presentation on Sustainability - (57 minutes)
Video
Local Food to the Rescue - Joel Salatin presentation in Chautauqua Boulder, Colorado on 08/29/11. (53 minutes)
Audio
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Miscellaneous videos
Let's See What This Model Can Do - "Joel and Daniel Salatin of PolyFace Farms, Swoop, VA talk about the natural organic benefits and how Fertrell is essential to their operation."
Virginia Farming interviews Joel Salatin on WVPT
Part 1 - Episode #811, Interview starts @ 7:28
Part 2 - Episode #815, Interview starts @ 9:04
Joel Salatin interview w/ Paul Bishop - "...part of a series of video's with Joel" in Brisbane, Australia.
CBN report on Joel Salatin
Dangerous foods explored at Lifetree Cafe - Short clip w/ some animation
A short news clip by Katie Ferber on Joel Salatin's Visit to the Central Coast
Martha Stewart intervies Joel Salatin - Interview starts @ 9:55
Thanx-A-Million!
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sweet
awesome resources. you the man!
Thanks for the
story you gave in your post about your experience with Joel Salatin. I had a good laugh when I read your wife's comment to Salatin about "the plan." Maybe more libertarians will start showing up at his events.
I don't care how often this gets bumped..
this guy is my hero and I plan on doing a 40 acre version of this as I put my farm together.
We have had little rain and because of that our grass has petered out somewhat. IF we had rotated our cattle like he does, we wouldn't be having near the problems. Now I'm looking for hay and not finding it. Very heartbreaking and expensive to feed animals that should be eating grass.
Anyone have a good line on some hay? We are looking for just 10 round bales or about 100 square bales within driving distance.
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Thanks !
I don't go to Church but I do respect Joe Salatin as I would a
Minister or Pastor.
I find it very calming to listen to his country-wisdom, smile.
Great Post and LOTS of links -- I'm in Pigerator Heaven, hahaha.
*&^ Constitution --- Constitutional Rationality
Thank you sooooo much
I've only seen a Joel Salatin book review on the Stumbling Homestead. I never really knew much else about his work. This thread will keep me busy for months. I'm very grateful for all the work you put in to this post :)
Your welcome :)
If all goes well, I hope to have another video library out in a couple of weeks. It will be my second video library on health promoting, probiotic beverages. The first being my Kombucha Tea (Video Library).
After all, we have to keep the liberty movement energized and in good health, right? :D
Joel Salatin video library updates...
Here are the latest updates for this video library. Some of the presentations are the similar to other presentations he has given in the OP, but there is some new info as well. There are also a couple farm tours so you can see additional views and close-ups of his farm operations.
Class Tour of Polyface Farm
“Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farm gives our class a tour of the farm, explaining his methodology and reasoning along the way. He also explains why the methods used on his farm are more sustainable, safe and productive than methods used by modern agribusiness in today's food production.”
Part 1 - Chicken Coop/Hoop House (Winter)
Part 2 - Questions on Pig Pen and Chicken Coop
Part 3 - Multispeciation and Carbonaceous Diapers
Part 4 - Can this Feed the World?
Part 5 (1/2) - The Importance of Grass
Part 5 (2/2) - The Importance of Grass
Answering the Food Inquisitors
“An evening with Joel Salatin, presented by Slow Food Canberra and Milkwood Permaculture.”
“In a talk in Canberra in early December 2010, Joel Salatin suggested that just as there was the Religious Inquisition 500 years ago, we're now experiencing a Food Inquisition. These videos are his replies to the Inquisitors, answering 12 often-presented Assumptions. Part 1 responds to "Oh, you can't be serious. You can't feed the world!" and "You really just want us to go back to loincloths, washboard, hog cholera and tuberculosis!"
Salatin Promo 12 Assumptions - Excerpts from the full presentation.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Joel Salatin's Canberra farewell
Sustainable Farming with Joel Salatin
“Joel Salatin speaks on sustainable farming to a group in Chico, CA in January 2011.“
Part 1 - (Salatin speaks at 20 minute mark.)
Part 2
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Miscellaneous videos
Cow herd pasture move
Keeping Food Local At Polyface Farm - The Virginian-Pilot, produced by Norm Shafer
Polyface farm tour: Pigs, Chickens, Turkeys, Baby Chicks, Rabbits, The Store
Featherman Tutorial: Eviscerating with Joel Salatin
Featherman Tutorial: Cutting up a chicken with Daniel Salatin
Turkey model Featherman plucker
Joel Salatin at Georgia Organics - "Here he answers the question, "Is sustainable agriculture a viable way to feed cities." (Added to partial clip of presentation already in OP.)
You get what you pay for - A short clip from Joel’s lecture in MN.
Joel Salatin on the Price of Organic Food
Joel Salatin at Wise Traditions 2010 - “A short excerpt from Joel Salatin's keynote at the Wise Traditions 2010 conference.”
Joel Salatin & Dr. Preston Maring at Kaiser Permanente discuss sustainable food & farmers markets - “Prior to the talks, both Joel Salatin and Dr. Preston Maring, a long-time sustainable food advocate at Kaiser Permanente, talked with reporters about the farmers market program at Kaiser Permanente and the value of sustainable food systems in supporting the health of farmers and consumers.”
Story on Joel Salatin by Britt Carlson - “See Joel Salatin visit Chaffin Orchard's 2,000 acre farm in northern Califrornia. Chaffin Orchards is very similar to Polyface with an added layer of stonefruit, citrus, and olive orchards being managed by cattle, sheep, goats, and chickens.” (01/17/2011)
Finally, here is a cute video on how to start them young. :)
We Heart Joel Salatin - Child says Joel Salatin.
WOW!
Amazing thread to wake up to as we begin to come out of the deep freeze. Bookmarked.
THANK YOU for taking the time to organize and post this...pure gold!
Hope you find it useful ... or at least entertaining :)
I just started rewatching the videos again. It's amazing what you pick up the second time around. A picture's worth a thousand words.
Btw, Salatin also endorsed Ron Paul when he ran for president in 2008. It's nice to have such a honorable and committed man from the sustainable food movement in our ranks.
Here is his facebook page for those who are into the whole facebook thing. He has 2609 members. maybe we can swell his ranks a bit.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joel-Salatin/108246965863558?v...
Most Awesome!
Thank-you :-D
The DP is proof that the grassroots support for Ron Paul and his peaceful message of individual liberty is large, real, and not going away!
wow! what a post!
Now this is a wealth of information.. Thank you for putting all this together stillwater!
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this overwhelms me . . .
and amazes me.
And impresses me.
!
LOL!
*I* have worked so hard on organic gardening. I compost; I chop everything up. I keep a rain barrel, so that I can water with rain water.
I haul manure for the garden; I use no chemicals.
I weed and mulch and baby all my plants--
and my output is very low. I am quite discouraged this year. I have been gardening for decades. I know that my garden area is not ideal; my soil is not bad, but there are trees nearby about which I can do nothing (neighboring trees)--
My fruit trees, with the exception of one apple tree and a cherry tree last year, have not produced well either.
I do EVERYthing; I work so hard that I am nearly sick of it--
but I am glad it works for someone.
Local market gardeners get my poor, hoarded pennies for produce.
:(
Everyone has a bad garden season, right? How about 10 of them?
it's hard to be awake; it's easier to dream--
It's all about the soil!
1988,
Have you ever had a soil test? Your soils PH might be off. When you think of successful gardeners, it's not about the plants, but about the health of their soil. Do you only grow crops that are suited to your climate?
I learned a lot from John Jevons book "How to Grow More Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine" He also has a web-site, http://www.johnjeavons.info/john-jeavons.html.
Don't give up, good luck,
Debbie
"When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny."
-Thomas Jefferson
Yeah Joel is an inspiration.
Yeah Joel is an inspiration. I also volunteered in Nicaragua last winter and met a guy named Rick Ervin he is working in Nicaragua at a Ranch/Learning Center. The purpose is to teach the rural poor how to raise crops and produce animal protein to meet their families' needs. Small groups of families are brought from cooperating villages to the teaching/research farm, given hands-on training in the production of small domestic animals (chickens, rabbits, goats), taught the basics of soil restoration and reforestation, and the production of feed and food crops on small plots of land. Rancho Ebenezer emphasizes intensive farming practices, enabling the student farmers to produce maximum yields of food and feed from small plots of land.
www.branchingoutnica.com
www.ranchoebenezer.org
www.memewatchers.com
Oh, my gush!
I am so glad I clicked on this. Wow, I have a lot to check out here, woohoo!
Prepare & Share the Message of Freedom through Positive-Peaceful-Activism.
phenomenal resource. Thank you so much.
Those who don't see how this interconnects, quite aside from Salatin being an outspoken freedom fighter, need to think more. Tune out, turn off, drop in.
Bill of Rights /Amendment X: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Do you need a politician or judge to "interpret" those 28
Great Info
Thanks for this great post. I have been a Joel Salatin fan for years. I attended a weekend workshop that he gave in Santa Barbara, CA. He is a very engaging speaker. If more farmers could learn to farm like Joel, we would all benefit.
"When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny."
-Thomas Jefferson
There is a presentation
in the OP titled, "Pathways To Relocalization", which was given in Santa Barbara. Maybe it's the same one you went to.
Part 1
He provides a great template to follow. I like how he draws examples from nature by observing how herd animals interact with the landscape by "moving, mobbing, and mowing." The landscape has a short disturbance, followed by a long period of rest. This allows the land to come back with a richer, more diverse biota.
stillwater
this thread couldn't be more timely!
great job!!!
Glad you like it :-)
I figure when things really start going down hill, people will be looking for solutions.
All of the video library posts are cross-referenced so that if someone finds one piece of the puzzle they will be able to find the rest. I'll probably take a break for the time being while I think about possible subjects for the next library post.
Lately, there have been a few good posts by other members on self-sufficiency. Each of us are taking a piece of the puzzle and approaching the subject from a different angle. Michael recently posted an interesting video of Yochai Benkler talking about the collaborative effort that takes place on the internet. It's worth watching.
How about an early Saturday morning bump
for anyone who missed out on this great information!
This is good stuff people.
Oh, my chickens will be happy birds!
The aquaponics just got a sprouting bed added to the plan. Not as slick as the ferris wheel, but I can haul the sprouts easier than the water.
Whatever else I said a minute ago, the last word I want to get in is
LOVE!
stilllwater, you are such a great researcher,
compiler, resource -- do you have your own site? Thanks for your generosity here on the DP.
Thankyou for your kind words...
Nope, I don't have my own site. I've thought about it, but everyone who needs the info is at the DP, so I'll just post here for the time being. I have backups of all my library posts so I can set up a site fairly quickly if I decide to in the future. I like creating and posting along with all of the other liberty minded posts. It helps the camaraderie.
Freely receive, freely give...
truly
AWESOME!
Thanks!!!