Joel Salatin

Book Review: Folks, This Ain't Normal

Darya Pino, Ph.D | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan, Books, Joel Salatin, Monsanto Food Books, Food Industry Books, Monsanto Big Food, Food Inc. Film, This Ain't Normal, Books News
Darya Pino, Ph.D

Self-described as a "Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic-farmer," Joel Salatin is one of the most interesting people I have ever met.

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Joel Salatin: Folks, This Ain't Normal

Kristin Wartman | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Folks This Ain't Normal, Local Food, Industrial Food, Grassroots, Joel Salatin, Farmers Markets, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy BIg Food, Sustainable Agriculture, Food News
Kristin Wartman

Salatin advised us all to start growing something -- anything, even on a small patio or windowsill. If we can't grow anything, he said, then we should come to the farmers markets and buy from our local farmers.

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Why I Killed A Chicken & Ate Its Heart

Rob Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicken, Goldman Sachs, Fast Food, Vegetarian, Sachs, Organic Food, Pastured Poultry, Joel Salatin, Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Wwrd, Food News
Rob Sachs

At some point you have to make peace with yourself and decide how you're not going to call yourself a hypocrite every time you step into the meat aisle of the supermarket.

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Weekly Mulch: Would You Eat Bugs to Fight Climate Change?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Efficiency, POLYFACE FARM, Renewable Energy, Pigs, FEDERAL BUILDINGS, Sustainable Agriculture, Farmers, Congress, SUSTAINABL COFFEE, Nestle, Cell Phones, Climate Change, Zero-Waste, Chelsea Green, HANGING GARDENS, Eating Bugs, ZINC OXIDE, Cap-and-Trade, SUNNY D, Omnivore's Dilemma, Joel Salatin, Solar Panels, Michael Pollan, White House, Jimmy Carter, Ebay, Bill Mckibben, Green News
The Media Consortium

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger Maybe it's time for environmentalists prioritize do-it-yourself climate fixes instead of looking to politic...

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Meet Happy Chickens

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Marion Nestle, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Farming, Orren Fox, Marion Nestle, Chickens, Food Inc., Nba, Takepart, Agriculture, Joel Salatin, Twitter, Heifer, Green News
Sarah Newman

I had the pleasure of interviewing 12-year old Orren Fox of Newburyport, MA who happens to keep 25 backyard chickens.

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Fresh's Director and Producer, Ana Joanes, Explains the Difficulty of Filming a Documentary and What Sustainability Means

Louise McCready | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Michael Moore, Fresh, Agriculture, Joel Salatin, Food, Sustainability, Will Allen, Ana Joanes, Food Tag, Green News
Louise McCready

Ana Joanes: When confronted with such large and complex problems, it's hard to see the meaning of small, individual actions. I embarked on the making of Fresh to recapture a sense of agency.

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Food, Inc.'s Robert Kenner Discusses What Gives Him Goosebumps, and What Gives Him Hope

Louise McCready | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Farming, Veggie Libel Laws, Industrial-Food-System, Robert Kenner, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Upton Sinclair, Fda, Obesity, Monsanto, Barack Obama, E. Coli, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Pollan, Obesity Epidemic, Joel Salatin, Sustainability, Food Safety, Eric Schlosser, Green News
Louise McCready

Robert Kenner gives us a twenty-first century Upton-Sinclair-look at the industrial food system in his latest film, Food, Inc., and not since The Jungle has the food in the U.S. seemed so unsafe.

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The Real Problem With Our Food System: A Response to Makenna Goodman

Gary Hirshberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Food, Organic, Environment, Stonyfield Farm Yogurt, Green Living, Organic Food, Stonyfield Farm, Joel Salatin, Food Inc, Green News
Gary Hirshberg

After more than 25 years of environmental activism and a life and career dedicated to organic, I can assure readers organic is better.

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Beyond Organic: Animals Raised Organic Can Be Mistreated and Caged, in the Guise of Good

Makenna Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hormone Free, Organic Farming, Chickens, Humane, Cruelty Free, Free-Range, Joel Salatin, All Natural, Organic, Food, Green News
Makenna Goodman

Organic may, in fact, be little more than a sweet notion and marketing campaign that rests easy the hearts of the eco-conscious consumer. Organic, in other words, is not always the right choice.

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