Joel Salatin

Life can be confusing while at the top of the food chain. For most animals, eating is simply habitual and is a subconscious choice. Monarch butterflies eat milkweed, koalas go for the eucalyptus leaves, and whales chow down on plankton. But we homo sapiens, hindered by a big brain and inventions such as agriculture and industry, face a bewildering array of choices, from scrambled eggs to Chicken McNuggets, from a bowl of fresh blueberries to the chemically complex yellow and white log of sweet, spongy

Comparing the Arguments of Meat Consumption ​In conducting a rhetorical analysis of the two articles, "Joel Salatin: How to Eat Animals and Respect Them, Too" by Madeline Ostrander and "Humane Meat? No Such Thing" by Sunaura Taylor, both articles stand in stark contrast in terms of the viewpoints of meat that they present. In order to gain a better understanding of these viewpoints, it's important to understand the persuasive techniques that both authors use in the article for the reader. More

intricate food chain Salatin has assembled at Polyface, where a half dozen different animals are raised together in an intensive rotational dance on theme of symbiosis.” (pg. 126). The amounts that Polyface produces on its beef, chickens, and pork are remarkable considering they are only using 100 acres of land. The numbers are astounding because he can make $3,000 per acre in his crop rotation compared to the $150 per acre a monoculture can produce. If you were to ask Mr. Salatin what type of farmer

so he created organic farms with a profit mindset(agribusiness). His expedition helped Pollan realize that industrial organic food isn’t as organic as it’s said to be. Joel Salatin = Local farmer who own Polyface farm. His food is about as close as you can get to organic without going hunting. Pollan learns about how Salatin treats his animals with care and goes along the natural order of the food chain. According to the author, this is the best and most practical type of food to buy. Angelo

The Ethics of Eating Meat (ROUGH DRAFT) Humans have been eating meat for many centuries but it is questionable if the choice is ethical or not. In this case, meat-eaters are just as equal as plant-eater in which they both consume a source of food that dies in the process. Not all farms are harmful towards animals, as there are other farms that nurture their animals the way that they should. Everyone, whether they chose to eat animals or plants, we all eat for the state of contentment, but it is

experience of visiting a local private farm. He had heard about the Polyface farm and wanted to try some meat. So, Pollan called up Joel Salatin, the farm owner, and asked for him to FedEx a broiler, Salatin had refused and explains that Polyface farm does not ship long distance and that is Pollan wanted to try his meat, he would have to drive to the farm. Pollan learns from Salatin that people drive for hours and even up to a half a days drive just to get one chicken from his farm (Pollan 1-2). Although

The Farm of Many Faces Polyface Farm is a sustainable, organic based farm located in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. It currently is run by four generations of the Salatin family, but the man with the most influence is Joel Salatin, who was named “the worlds most innovative famer” by Time Magazine. Joel and his family took some extremely eroded and worn-out land and transformed it into the innovative, high-field, symbiotic based farm it is today through their unconventional ways. Today they serve

people of America. Kenner introduces us to Joel Salatin. He runs the farm called “Polyface farms”. He compares amd explains in the movie/documentary how his farm is ran and how the animals are fed and treated compared to corporations like Smithfield and Tyson. Kenner features the “Polyface Farm” from anywhere to what the animals eats to where the animals live. Salatin acknowledges that his animals do not eat corn or any product with corn involved. Salatin guides us through the process of killing chickens

Would you rather find a bug in your apple and have your salad be on the wilted side, or take a big bite of artificial flavors and chemicals? What would you rather eat for dinner; a quick pick up from a fast food restaurant or a nutritious home cooked meal? For some, there may be no choice but to pick off the dollar menu at McDonalds or Burger King. Due to this circumstance, the consequences include an all-time rise of childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes in the U.S. However, this circumstance is

The customers that buy from local sustainable farms know how their food is grown and harvested. At the Polyface farm Joel does not have walls on his slaughter house, this way people can come and see how their next meal is killed in a humane way. The people “don’t need USDA to ensure that the meat they’re buying has been humanely and cleanly processed,”(208) because they