You wouldn’t expect a farmer from Virginia to draw such a huge crowd, but when Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms spoke at the University of Northern Colorado in March of 2010, the audience of thousands was absolutely enraptured. “Consider this; he who feeds you, owns you.” The thousands of students, farmers, and thinkers collectively drew in our breaths as we heard this. “Every paradigm can exceed its efficiency. Our twentieth century model of the industrial food system is cracking and on the verge of collapse!” Continue reading