Joel Salatin

If you want to talk atmospheric carbon, all it would take is all of our farmland to change 1% in organic matter. We call this mob-stalking, herbivorous, solar conversion, lignified carbon, sequestration, fertilization. We spend as much time marketing as we do the entire farm production.

If you want to talk atmospheric carbon, all it would take is all of our farmland to change 1% in organic matter. We call this mob-stalking, herbivorous, solar conversion, lignified carbon, sequestration, fertilization. We spend as much time marketing as we do the entire farm production.

If you want to talk atmospheric carbon, all it would take is all of our farmland to change 1% in organic matter. We call this mob-stalking, herbivorous, solar conversion, lignified carbon, sequestration, fertilization. We spend as much time marketing as we do the entire farm production.

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Sure. So we farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, which is in the western part of the state, known historically as the breadbasket of the Confederacy during the Civil War, where Cyrus McCormick invented the the other reaper and that part of the industrial revolution really took place in 1837. And so we farmed there full time with a pastured livestock,

Sure. So we farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, which is in the western part of the state, known historically as the breadbasket of the Confederacy during the Civil War, where Cyrus McCormick invented the the other reaper and that part of the industrial revolution really took place in 1837. And so we farmed there full time with a pastured livestock,

Sure. So we farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, which is in the western part of the state, known historically as the breadbasket of the Confederacy during the Civil War, where Cyrus McCormick invented the the other reaper and that part of the industrial revolution really took place in 1837. And so we farmed there full time with a pastured livestock,

operation that doesn't use vaccines, hormones, chemical fertilizers. My mom and dad bought the original core property in 1961. So I was four years old and we came there and it was a gullied rock pile, cheap land. And dad asked agriculture experts, how do I make a living on this small farm? Small being what's the size? So at that time, it was about 100 acres open and 450 in woodland.

operation that doesn't use vaccines, hormones, chemical fertilizers. My mom and dad bought the original core property in 1961. So I was four years old and we came there and it was a gullied rock pile, cheap land. And dad asked agriculture experts, how do I make a living on this small farm? Small being what's the size? So at that time, it was about 100 acres open and 450 in woodland.

operation that doesn't use vaccines, hormones, chemical fertilizers. My mom and dad bought the original core property in 1961. So I was four years old and we came there and it was a gullied rock pile, cheap land. And dad asked agriculture experts, how do I make a living on this small farm? Small being what's the size? So at that time, it was about 100 acres open and 450 in woodland.

So it was very much a forest. It goes up along, you know, one of those Appalachian mountains there. And then, you know, the nice... The bottom land is out, you know, from the base. And so 100 acres of, you know, decent usable land that was one of the gullies we measured was 16 feet deep, 16 feet from the top to the bottom. That's a deep gully.

So it was very much a forest. It goes up along, you know, one of those Appalachian mountains there. And then, you know, the nice... The bottom land is out, you know, from the base. And so 100 acres of, you know, decent usable land that was one of the gullies we measured was 16 feet deep, 16 feet from the top to the bottom. That's a deep gully.

So it was very much a forest. It goes up along, you know, one of those Appalachian mountains there. And then, you know, the nice... The bottom land is out, you know, from the base. And so 100 acres of, you know, decent usable land that was one of the gullies we measured was 16 feet deep, 16 feet from the top to the bottom. That's a deep gully.

But there were just, you know, the hillsides were just gullies like that, like corrugated roofing from back from erosion back in, you know, plowing in the day. And large areas, a quarter acre that were just solid rock, five to eight feet of topsoil had washed off over the years of tillage. And there was no vegetation.

But there were just, you know, the hillsides were just gullies like that, like corrugated roofing from back from erosion back in, you know, plowing in the day. And large areas, a quarter acre that were just solid rock, five to eight feet of topsoil had washed off over the years of tillage. And there was no vegetation.

But there were just, you know, the hillsides were just gullies like that, like corrugated roofing from back from erosion back in, you know, plowing in the day. And large areas, a quarter acre that were just solid rock, five to eight feet of topsoil had washed off over the years of tillage. And there was no vegetation.

I remember as a child being able to walk the whole farm and never setting foot on a piece of vegetation. It was that barren. It was very, very poor, but it was cheap. And so that's- And worth every penny by the sounds of it. Well, so, you know, dad says, well, how do I make a living on this farm?

I remember as a child being able to walk the whole farm and never setting foot on a piece of vegetation. It was that barren. It was very, very poor, but it was cheap. And so that's- And worth every penny by the sounds of it. Well, so, you know, dad says, well, how do I make a living on this farm?