aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Joel Salatin @ Georgia Organics

Joel Salatin’s keynote at the Georgia Organics conference was terrific. For those who don’t know who Joel is, he is one of the nation’s most renowned sustainable farmers. I only became aware of him through reading Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. You can learn more about him at his Polyface Farms website.

The theme of the conference was Connecting at the Crossroads - New Directions for Farms, Foods & Communities. Today Joel was featured in a full-day on-farm field day. I missed that but did get to talk some with him last night.

Michael Pollan has taken to calling for glass walls for our slaughterhouses. In a similar vein, last night Joel Salatin called for “aesthetically and aromatically pleasing farms.” (Please note: we’re still getting the hang of our camera, the sound quality could be better):