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Regenerative Farming: Healing the Land One Bite at a Time Guest Joel Salatin, Owner, Polyface Farm What if consumers could gradually move away from purchasing energy-intensive industrial food and go back to buying whole foods farmed with earth-friendly methods? Every such purchase would help those people heal themselves and heal the land, rebuild healthy soil, clear the air and purify the water. Many people are under the misconception that cattle contribute to increases in greenhouse gases. Guest Joel Salatin tells the real story. With a room full of debate trophies, 16 published books and a thriving multi-generational family farm, Salatin can clearly explain how to manage cattle, so that they can solve some of today's most pressing ecological concerns. He is world-renowned for using livestock to rebuild the land and soil. He applies chemical free farming methods and shows how animal husbandry is one of the answers to a greener, cleaner, healthier world for all. Salatin is also a delightful storyteller, who characterizes himself as a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Many describe him as the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. He draws on a lifetime of food, farming and fantasy to entertain and inspire audiences around the world. Salatin devotes one segment of this episode to talking about Beyond Labels, which he co-authored with Dr. Sina McCollough. who has a Ph.D. in Nutrition and actually understands unpronounceable carbon chains, Beyond Labels is an informative and entertaining book that leads readers on a journey from generally unhealthy food and farming to an ultimately healing place. INFORMATION RESOURCES Read the Musings of a Lunatic Farmer - https://www.thelunaticfarmer.com/blog Shop the Polyface Farms farm store - https://polyfacefarms.com/ Subscribe to the Beyond Labels podcast - https://beyondlabels.supportingcast.fm/ Order the Beyond Labels book - https://polyfaceshop.com/Beyond-Labels-p592404762 Check out Joel Salatin's full list of books and DVDs - https://polyfaceshop.com/BOOKS-&-DVDS-c43252175   RELATED PODCASTS Why Eating Organic is Crucial to the Planet with Zen Honeycutt - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/eating-organic-crucial-future-planet/ Soil Science and Bionutrition with Dan Kittredge - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/soil-science-and-bionutrition/ Farm to School with Stephanie Bush - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/farm-to-school/ Farm and Forest Schooling for Kids with Kelly McNiff - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/farm-forest-schooling-kids/ Backyard Farming for Self-Sufficiency with Mike Mandeville - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/backyard-farming-for-self-sufficiency/ Agrohomeopathy for Healthier Farms and Gardens with Kris White -