In Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma," Joel Salatin was a heroic figure, a Virginian who farmed humanely and profitably, and enriched the land naturally at the same time. Salatin was already a ...

Of all the labels tossed at Joel Salatin -- farmer, movie star and local food hero -- "lunatic" is the one he's most proud of. "I don't do anything like average farmers," boasts the native of Swoope, ...

Joel Salatin raises 12,000 broiler chickens a year without donning designated coop shoes before tending his birds. He doesn't limit visitors to his farm either. "What we count on is raising chickens ...

Joel Salatin, a Virginia-based farmer and author of nine books about farming practices, will lead the “Follow the Farmer” seminar 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 4 at A Joyful Noise Farm, 9895 Walker Road in ...

A previous version of this article had the headline "Joel Salatin, local farming advocate, announces Trump admin advisory role." The headline has been updated as he was contacted to potentially serve ...

Victoria College’s 2023-24 Lyceum Lecture Series will kick off at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12 with Joel Salatin speaking about his regenerative farming techniques and food philosophy, which have drawn ...

Self-described Lunatic farmer and world-famous hero of the local food movement Joel Salatin is back in Oregon. Owner of Polyface Farms in Virginia, the author and speaker Salatin is best known for his ...

SWOOPE — The Swoope-based free-range farm Polyface Farm hosted a private event Nov. 15 that sold 300 tickets. The event was for the Weston A. Price Foundation, a nonprofit charity that is "dedicated ...

Polyface Farms in Swoope (pronounced “swope”), Virginia, is a holy grail for farm-to-table junkies like me. While I know their uber-sustainable agriculture practices are at an extremely high level, I ...

By Elaine Kolodziej Climate and regulations Joel Salatin describes himself as “a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer.” I could agree with all but the “lunatic” reference, ...