Joel Salatin

That was his— So this was an interim plan to begin with. This was an interim plan, and it ended up not being an interim plan.

That was his— So this was an interim plan to begin with. This was an interim plan, and it ended up not being an interim plan.

That was his— So this was an interim plan to begin with. This was an interim plan, and it ended up not being an interim plan.

It would be an average size farm for that area, you know, 150 acres of open land, you know, usable land with, you know, with a woodlot. Compared to most farms, it had a much bigger woodlot, you know, being 450 acres. That's a lot of wood. Any commercial utility in the wood? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. This is Appalachian hardwoods. This is oak and black walnut and poplar.

It would be an average size farm for that area, you know, 150 acres of open land, you know, usable land with, you know, with a woodlot. Compared to most farms, it had a much bigger woodlot, you know, being 450 acres. That's a lot of wood. Any commercial utility in the wood? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. This is Appalachian hardwoods. This is oak and black walnut and poplar.

It would be an average size farm for that area, you know, 150 acres of open land, you know, usable land with, you know, with a woodlot. Compared to most farms, it had a much bigger woodlot, you know, being 450 acres. That's a lot of wood. Any commercial utility in the wood? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. This is Appalachian hardwoods. This is oak and black walnut and poplar.

And yeah, there's some good timber there. It had been timbered, though. It had been all timbered, so it was primarily newer growth. It wasn't large trees. And so there was really not much value there. There was some, but not a lot of value.

And yeah, there's some good timber there. It had been timbered, though. It had been all timbered, so it was primarily newer growth. It wasn't large trees. And so there was really not much value there. There was some, but not a lot of value.

And yeah, there's some good timber there. It had been timbered, though. It had been all timbered, so it was primarily newer growth. It wasn't large trees. And so there was really not much value there. There was some, but not a lot of value.

You implied that all of it. All of it was poor land. some of it was, was a poorer than others. It wasn't all rock for sure. You know, the, the shale lies in a, it lies like this in, in the ground. And so, you know, you can, you can go down three feet here and then here you're on rock and then three feet here and you're on, you know, it's, it's layers. It kind of lays in there like that.

You implied that all of it. All of it was poor land. some of it was, was a poorer than others. It wasn't all rock for sure. You know, the, the shale lies in a, it lies like this in, in the ground. And so, you know, you can, you can go down three feet here and then here you're on rock and then three feet here and you're on, you know, it's, it's layers. It kind of lays in there like that.

You implied that all of it. All of it was poor land. some of it was, was a poorer than others. It wasn't all rock for sure. You know, the, the shale lies in a, it lies like this in, in the ground. And so, you know, you can, you can go down three feet here and then here you're on rock and then three feet here and you're on, you know, it's, it's layers. It kind of lays in there like that.

So, so, you know, that's the way that that's the way the land was. But dad was a, Dad was a – he was such a visionary. And so when – we realized the advice from the system is not acceptable.

So, so, you know, that's the way that that's the way the land was. But dad was a, Dad was a – he was such a visionary. And so when – we realized the advice from the system is not acceptable.

So, so, you know, that's the way that that's the way the land was. But dad was a, Dad was a – he was such a visionary. And so when – we realized the advice from the system is not acceptable.

Right. Well, A, we didn't, He had a tremendous conservation ethic, and these gullies, he knew. Oh, I see. We couldn't plant corn. I mean, there wasn't enough. That's why we had gullies.

Right. Well, A, we didn't, He had a tremendous conservation ethic, and these gullies, he knew. Oh, I see. We couldn't plant corn. I mean, there wasn't enough. That's why we had gullies.

Right. Well, A, we didn't, He had a tremendous conservation ethic, and these gullies, he knew. Oh, I see. We couldn't plant corn. I mean, there wasn't enough. That's why we had gullies.

So we could see that it had been mismanaged. Right. Oh, yeah, yeah. You could tell that it had been very mismanaged. So we started a very aggressive tree planting campaign. We planted about 60 acres in trees over those first 10 years. So we actually shrunk some of the open land, and we put brush down in the gullies, and he started experimenting. That was to stabilize the soil against erosion?

So we could see that it had been mismanaged. Right. Oh, yeah, yeah. You could tell that it had been very mismanaged. So we started a very aggressive tree planting campaign. We planted about 60 acres in trees over those first 10 years. So we actually shrunk some of the open land, and we put brush down in the gullies, and he started experimenting. That was to stabilize the soil against erosion?