Joel Salatin on the 21st Century Farming Renaissance, Feeding the World, Ancestral Health

In this exciting interview, David Gornoski sits down with Christian, Libertarian, environmentalist, capitalist, lunatic farmer, Joel Salatin. Joel Salatin talks about how he started Polyface farms; why the appeal of farming has declined; what the American experiment really stood for; the institutional scapegoating of red meat; government retardation of medicine and nutrition; regenerative farming; and more.

Visit Joel Salatin's blog here: https://www.thelunaticfarmer.com/blog
Check out Joel Salatin's farm here: https://www.polyfacefarms.com/
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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
6:42 Attracting people to regenerative farming
12:30 Do middlemen affect communication between farmers?
14:53 Today farming has been marginalized
16:02 Nationalism vs localism, State intervention
25:26 Demonization of butter for seed oils
28:16 Ancestral diet
31:16 We've turned biology into mechanics
34:00 Sin is a shortcut to heaven that leads to hell
36:09 Ivermectin, Vitamin D
38:52 Ancel Keys and seed oils
43:06 Blessings turned into curses
45:30 Can the world survive on regenerative farming?
57:53 Soil abundance
1:01:46 Is regenerative agriculture profitable?
1:04:15 Pasture cropping
1:07:38 Why aren't grass-fed beef delicious?
1:11:30 Tractors
1:12:03 Electric machinery
1:14:02 Free market and agriculture
1:21:02 How Jesus informs Joel's farming
1:26:49 Thy kingdom come
1:28:44 Closing