Salatin – Why Pastured Bacon is $9 lb
2010 Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense FundRAISER – Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm Tour If we could just cure that [bacon] here on the farm… we could sell bacon…
25 Responses to Salatin – Why Pastured Bacon is $9 lb
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mrgearbox
July 16, 2013 at 4:24 pm
Don’t worry. Obama promised us a new era of transparency I’m government and an end to corporate special interest.
mrgearbox
July 16, 2013 at 5:18 pm
Especially when most members of Congress, FDA, EPA, and even the American Supreme Court have ties to big and powerful food companies, resulting in decisions going in the food industry’s favour.
For example, according to the documentary, Food Inc., Chief Justice Clarence Thomas, Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Mickey Kantor, Margaret Miller (FDA), Michael Taylor (FDA), Linda Fisher (EPA), and Robert Shapiro have previous or current affiliation with Monsanto.
John Barrett
July 16, 2013 at 5:51 pm
First, you’ll have to take the power away from Swift (now JBS USA owned), Smithfield, Cargill, and Tyson (oh dear).
These packers have so much power they even control congress and influence their decisions on food policy.
John Barrett
July 16, 2013 at 6:42 pm
Depends if they are corn, soy, barley, or grass fed.
If pigs are grass fed, you get same Omega-3 fatty acid levels as fish.
John Barrett
July 16, 2013 at 7:14 pm
Simple. It cost less to eat industrial food. People can say what they want, but in the end when money is wasted on electronic gadgets, and big houses with big mortgages and property taxes (stuff other people can see and someone thinks other people care about – that itself, I don’t know why), then when those folks get to the grocery store, they want salatin quality products, but they put their cutoff at 1/3rd the cost and they buy crap.
daw162
July 16, 2013 at 7:21 pm
Go ahead, it’s still America. Pigs have been used for thousands of years “Remains of pigs have been dated to earlier than 11,400 BP in Cyprus that must have been introduced from the mainland which suggests domestication in the adjacent mainland by then.” BP means before present day.. Look up Pig Toilets ” goaguide org/pigtoilets” if you really want to be sick.
ThePostal67
July 16, 2013 at 8:15 pm
This may cause a heart attack…How about we stop eating bacon? or pigs all together.
SN2reaction
July 16, 2013 at 9:09 pm
I love salatin’s jeans their so farmer joe style, he’d look better with low-riders haha
danthadon87
July 16, 2013 at 10:07 pm
Yes, mostly for loans and respect. I would never be able to get a loan without a degree. I am also doing internships at farms, but I think school is more for the business aspect of farming (marketing, accounting, mamagement). Plus, it is rather hard to just go out and start a farm. I am using this school time to plan out what I want to do and test different ways of raising animals
Farmer Nate
July 16, 2013 at 10:23 pm
thats interesting, i’m curious about your reasoning for going to school first, there are plenty of readily available resources out there that explain in detail how to farm sustainably. So, is it just for grant and loan availability and offers after you get the ‘credentials’. i am interested to hear your reasoning.
Swansen03
July 16, 2013 at 10:28 pm
that is right. That is why I am going to college for sustainable agriculture and raise chickens sustainably. Check out my channel
Farmer Nate
July 16, 2013 at 11:20 pm
indeed. so, we have to start over from our roots, like joel is doing here. and it seems like a good idea to major in less resource intensive perennial plant systems, these also have less harsh regulations. We all need to come together to work through this as communities if we want to get past this issue. Like Joel has said, ‘picketing’ will really get us so far or even know where. we have to make our own structure again.
Swansen03
July 16, 2013 at 11:21 pm
I agree. The Government is more of a figure head. Corporations run this country
Farmer Nate
July 17, 2013 at 12:09 am
huge corporations want huge corporations, and since they have the money to pay people(lobbiests) to get what they want(or put money in politicians pockets), they run everything. Truth is, there really isn’t so much a ‘government’ anymore. corporate fascism.
Swansen03
July 17, 2013 at 12:53 am
they need their money back that they gave to mr politician…so these politician can make a law to protect them….
Renante Areola
July 17, 2013 at 1:49 am
If anyone is dumb enough to continue to eat KD and think it’s actually food – you should be paying $3 more. Greed, in the grand scheme of things, really is only a minor aside to the real issue. Why is it that people will continue to beak-off over cheap food when they are too lazy to grow even a few tomatoes in a pot on their penthouse patio. If you have food on the table, you have many problems. If you have NO food on the table, you have only one problem.
therealtabby
July 17, 2013 at 2:21 am
So that’s why Kraft organic mac and cheese is $3 more than Kraft mac and cheese? Wouldn’t Kraft be getting the same subsidies either way?
Thezuule1
July 17, 2013 at 2:30 am
Yeah why don’t we just throw out all the cars and go back to riding horses like we used to……
Thezuule1
July 17, 2013 at 2:37 am
Great speech. The government doesnt want small farmers. They just want huge corporations
Farmer Nate
July 17, 2013 at 2:50 am
Thanks for posting these, I just drove 1000 miles to meet Joel and to tour polyface, haven’t ever heard anything out of his mouth that I don’t agree with.
OutdoorEngineer
July 17, 2013 at 3:27 am
if it makes your blood boil then learn about Agenda 21 and Codex Alimentarius. It’ll make boil even more. One thing you should understand is that this is a banking cartel take over of the society. What these so call government “officials” do is exactly what the Bolsheviks in Russia did-exterminating farmers. Why? Because farmer is the BIGGEST threat to a collectivists control freak society. Because they are independent.
FreeRussian
July 17, 2013 at 4:18 am
This is not about a desire to feed people. This is a chemical company (*cough* Monsanto) driven market to maximize profits while leaving the externalized costs to future generations and tax payers. There is nothing cheap about processed food or modern farming practices. Government subsidies conveniently *hide* some of the costs. Also, this is not socialism, it is unfettered capitalism (i.e. the wealthy corporations run our government).
koffeewitch
July 17, 2013 at 4:30 am
And THAT’S why we hate government.
geoanmel
July 17, 2013 at 4:43 am
Eating is your most responsible thing you can do while you are alive.
We are all taught to work hard instead of to take care of ourselves.
I pay twice as much as most people do. Just to eat clean foods. I am 48 and I feel and look fantastic. You can too, if you can afford it.
The answer is simple. We all buy these clean foods from here on out and see what the big corporations do.
STAY AWAY FROM BIG COMPANIES THAT MAKE GARBAGE FOOD AND YOU WILL LIVE LONGER AND HEALTHIER.
charlesrosaly
July 17, 2013 at 5:27 am