Post Tagged 'Joel Salatin'

July 31, 2019

Protecting farmers or crony capitalism?

Reuters reported today that a large portion of US farm aid went to the wealthiest farmers and advocacy group. More than half of the Trump administration’s $8.4 billion in trade aid payments to U.S. Continue Reading...

June 19, 2015

Video: Joel Salatin Speaks at Acton University 2015

Self-described “lunatic farmer” Joel Salatin took over the podium last night at the Thursday night plenary session of Acton University 2015 and delivered an engaging and interesting address to the gathered attendees. Continue Reading...

May 08, 2015

Acton University 2015: Plenary Speaker Joel Salatin

Don’t let the dirty boots and the beat-up cowboy hat fool you: Joel Salatin is not your average farmer. While he is a farmer (he owns and operates Polyface Farm), he has a lot to say about how we produce, distribute and eat food in our nation, and how practices in the West negatively impact the developing world. Continue Reading...

June 25, 2014

A Cultural Case for Capitalism: 9 of 12 — Berry vs. Salatin

[Part 1 is here.] Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning, details how the growth of government-corporate cronyism during the past 120 or so years has been largely a phenomenon of the socialist left. Continue Reading...