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The farm produces pastured beef, pork, chicken, eggs, turkeys, rabbits, lamb and ducks, servicing roughly 6,000 families and 50 restaurants in the farms bioregion. Jul 25, 2011 polyface doesnt participate in government programs, has no mortgage, and eschews organic certification, says salatin, a former journalist whose new book, folks, this aint normal, is coming. Our cows eat forage only, a new pasture paddock roughly every day, and stay herded tightly with portable electric fencing. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Salad bar beef by joel salatin 1996, paperback for sale. The salatin semester a complete home study course in. Pollans book describes polyface farms method of sustainable agriculture as being built on. Joel salatin and his family own and operate polyface farm in virginias shenandoah valley. Meat from the farm is sold by direct marketing to consumers and restaurants. Sep 12, 2010 2010 farmtoconsumer legal defense fundraiser joel salatins polyface farm tour. Salad bar beef salad bar beef is a howto book that explains the why, how, and who of smallscale, organic livestock management. Salad bar beef has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace.
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