Polyface Farm Part 2

[checkingavailabilify]

Joel reminds me exactly of John elder robinson. Who's also extremely intelligent but suffers from Apsergers.

[areabum]

he makes me want to be a farmer

[carmenjoygarber]

'Footprint' does not refer to carbon footprint.

[Farmallbarn]

What an amazing guy.

[KallyJones]

I would love have a few acres to raise my own chickens for meat and eggs and have a few piggies too.

I really think there's a future in what is called "Homesteading". You only need an acre or two to have a chicken coop/run and maybe a pig or two for freezer meat.

BTW... I had a Niman Ranch, (bone in) double cut porkchop with a maple/apple glaze for dinner last. It was the best friggin pork chop I've ever eaten and I will only order organic pig for the rest of my life.

[impalapez]

@KallyJones You should get Joel's books....You Can Farm, and Pasture Poultry Profit$....You wouldn't even need your own land, if you're resourcefull, you can network, and get to know people that have land and need it taken care of....

[FJMalik87]

This is an awesome way to cultivate, i support everything this family is doing to make the world a better and more organic way of living.

[Thejbirdy]

Joel is my hero, I'm proud to have met him today.

[michaelhuye]

There needs to be a statue to Joel put somewhere. What a generous man.

[Jefferdaughter]

Poultry was raised on pasture, moved from place to place in Europe. See old paintings of 'The Goose Girl' and similar images. Might give the kids the chance to feel valuable - and could be more sustainable than polyethylene. (Grin!) Also chicken houses on wheels, like wagons, were moved from place to place around the farm - going back to the 1800's. As Joel says, there is nothing new under the sun.

[NotEvsie]

Polyface is a massively impressive outfit, no idea why it's not scaled globally yet..

That said, a little disingenuous for Joel to say he's spending a third of his time educating - he charges $7,000 a day for speaking engagements...

[MrPotatoesLatkie]

@NotEvsie

Is there any particular reason why he shouldn't make $7,000 for speaking engagements? If he's putting that much time into it, he should make a good living from it. If I was going to travel across the nation on speaking engagements, I'd do the same.

[NotEvsie]

@MrPotatoesLatkie I have no problem with anyone making a good living from what they do, and like I said, I find polyface farms to be a very impressive organisation... my issue was with making it sound like he's doing it charitably when in fact he charges an awful lot of money for "educating" - it's disingenuous.

[JamesTyreeII]

@NotEvsie Joel has said repeatedly that he is not interested in building an empire. One of his main points is that food needs to be local, produced by more people and consumed by more aware and involved people. We need all towns and cities to have the butcher the baker and the candlestick maker in town locally (w/i/) 4hrs As for New York City, there shouldn't be a New York City. It is a flawed model. People, look around. THIS AIN'T NORMAL!

[ThanksgivingWalk]

Excellent, informative, and entertaining video with some good sustainable, permaculture ideas with a 99% if the movies focusing on chickens, cows, turkeys, and hogs.

If you're interesting in learning more about more natural ways of rasing healthier food and improving the earth, then you should find this film worth the time to watch.

Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

TGW

[changeindirection]

This one seems to be the same as part 1?

[HotKebab]

Joel Salatin is a very, very smart man.

[mikecat23]

The turkeys upstairs will be pooping on the ones underneath

[Jefferdaughter]

@mikecat23 - the perches are staggered so that the birds are not defecating on those beneath them.

[mikecat23]

Funny seeing (Cheech) doing the interview lol

[TriGirl333]

This is freken awesome. I'm such a fan of what Joel does with Polyface! It inspires us all.

[tyger31guru]

@TriGirl333 Joel Salatin for President!