Joel Salatin

"We've got this cultural mentality that you've got to be an idiot to be a farmer."

- Joel Salatin

"The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very long ago. Until then, where was all the food? Dear folks, the food was in homes, gardens, local fields, and forests. It was near kitchens, near tables, near bedsides. It was in the pantry, the cellar, the backyard."

- Joel Salatin

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

- Joel Salatin

"This magical, marvelous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell. It has a journey."

- Joel Salatin

"The goal of sustainable agriculture should be to regenerate the soil and the ecosystem, not just to maintain them."

- Joel Salatin