Joel Salatin was invited to go to Washington as a part of a “Green Jobs Leadership Summit” after being nominated by Senator Jim Webb. Joel’s quote at the microphone to a panel of US Senators was priceless:
I’m amazed that after half a day of talk about green jobs and energy, I have not heard the word food, the word farm, or the word agriculture. I represent the local food movement and the pastured livestock movement, and we are tried of being marginalized, criminalized, and demonized by the USDA and this government. I’m a bioterrorist for letting my chickens run in the pasture. What good is it to have the freedom to own a gun, assemble, or worship if I can’t choose the fuel to feed my internal 3 trillion member community of bacteria to give me the energy to go shoot, pray, or preach? I propose that we have a Constitutional Amendment that allows every American citizen the right to choose their food. Government bureaucrats should not come between my mouth and my 3 trillion member internal community.
If you go to the link below, you can read more about it from Joel’s point-of-view. Shortly after making the comments above, he was cut-off from the microphone. This is the kind of political speech that seems to be unwelcome in either party today – kudos to Joel for taking the opportunity to speak the truth in a hostile environment.
http://polyfaceyum.blogspot.com/2009/06/joels-visit-to-washington.html
Steven, I just found your website a couple of days ago. Very helpful to my husband and I. We’ve had a dairy for 10 years but just recently became certified organic and then decided to go 100% grass fed. Very few dairy farms like us in Central Illinois.
Love your site. Love the way you have it organized even more !
Donna O
This is a classic. I linked in the discussion from Ethan’s on my blog and then blathered on about it as well.
Never tire of listening to Joel. He has a sure way with words that should shake the powers that be. GO JOEL!