Articles by Joel Salatin

Joel Salatin has articles appearing regularly in three monthly publications. Please visit the websites below for more information about subscribing to these excellent publications.

ACRES USA--Publishes articles by Joel on a regular basis.

Stockman Grass Farmer--Look for Joel's column called "The Pastoralist."

American Agriculturist--Runs Joel's column called "Fresh Thinking."

Below are a few sample acticles that appeared in ACRES USA and are now available online.

Everything I Want to Do is Illegal - ACRES USA, September 2003

Creating a Farm Life Your Children Will Treasure - ACRES USA, June 2000

Balance: Stability for Your Life and Farm - ACRES USA, April 2002

Balance Sheet Switcheroo - ACRES USA, November 2002

Industry Vs Biology--Taking on the Ethics of Industrial Agriculture - ACRES USA, November 1999

'Sound Science' is Killing Us - ACRES USA, April 2004

The State of the Eco-Union - ACRES USA, May 2003

The Polyface Farm Bookshelf

FAST FOOD NATION by Eric Schlosser - Current hot topic book exposing the dangers of America's fast food icon.

ECO-FARM by Charles Walters - Foundational to understanding the differences between "toxic rescue chemistry" and natural soil fertility.

THE SOVEREIGN INDIVIDUAL by James Dale Davidson - Prophetic about the impacts of the information revolution to democratize everything.

THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by Steven Covey - Next to the Bible, probably the most effective treatise for becoming all you can be.

FARMER'S PROGRESS by George Henderson - Currently out of print, this book details the farming success of a 1940's English farmer.

THE FARMING LADDER by George Henderson - Out of print, but my favorite book of all time. From portable chicken shelters to farm entrepreneurialism, this book has it all.

THE CONTRARY FARMER by Gene Logsdon - Possibly Logsdon's best general work, showing how he goes against the grain of everything conventional.

THE UNSETTLING OF AMERICA by Wendell Berry - My favorite

philosophical agriculture book, and Berry's greatest classic.

PLOWMAN'S FOLLY by Ed Faulkner - Still current, this ex-extension agent shows why plowing should be done sparingly.

MALABAR FARM by Louis Bromfield - Few farmers questioned the culture's agriculture paradigms as saliently as Bromfield. Still a must for avid students of landscape stewardship.

AN AGRICULTURAL TESTAMANT by Sir Albert Howard - My most oft-quoted book--absolutely the footer of modern natural farming.

PERMACULTURE: DESIGNER'S MANUAL by Bill Mollison - A veritable compendium of symbiotic and synergistic design. My most oft given-away book.

GRASS FARMERS by Allan Nation - A documentation of the nation's pioneering and leading grass farmers, showing their results and techniques.

GOLD IN THE GRASS by Margaret Leatherbarrow - This is the one for the ladies. It grips your heart, makes you laugh and cry. Powerful.

TREE CROPS by Russell J. Smith - A true classic, detailing multi-vegetative stacking concepts, and as current today as when it was written.

GRASS PRODUCTIVITY by Andre Voisin - The absolute bedrock for any student of grass farming. This is still the Bible for grass farmers.

NOURISHING TRADITIONS by Sally Fallon - The book that launched the groundswell Weston A. Price movement. It will change your life.

THE GIFT OF GOOD LAND by Wendell Berry - Another classic by perhaps the strongest and most articulate voice in ecological agriculture.

ALTARS OF UNHEWN STONE by Wes Jackson - Challenging industrial agriculture's mindset, this is perhaps Jackson's best book.

FERTILITY PASTURES by Newman Turner - Still a classic, this book challenges soil tests and shows real success from one of the world's best pasture farmers.

DOMINION by Matthew Scully - From a conservative's perspective, this voluminous treatise--sometimes tedious--challenges the religious right with the moral dimension of animal husbandry.

PARADIGMS by Joel Arthur Barker - he book that popularized the term "paradigms." A great explanation of our preconceived notions.

PASTURE PERFECT by Jo Robinson - The far-reaching benefits of choosing meat, eggs, and dairy products from grass-fed animals.

THE BOTANY OF DESIRE by Michael Pollan - A plant's-eye view of the world.

OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA by Michael Pollan