In this section of the required reading of Omnivore's Dilemma, the author Pollan tells of how he encounters his experience with what he says is a beyond organic famer named Joel Salatin. Joel classifies himself as a so called grass farmer. All that this means, or what Joel depicts a grass farmer exactly is is that every animal that he raises on the farm lives off the grass that is on his land only.
Salatin shows pollan the method of how he grows the grass and letting the cows and other animals live and graze on it. As I read this I came to realize how the whole process is really self involved, and seems to work very well. It is as they said all organic, and that means there are no fertilizers involved which makes it cheaper and healthier. Joel is very lucky because many other larger farmers can not do this because of their size and their need to industrialize and produce so much money. The entire organic process seems very difficult, and I can say that from the reading I did not follow exactly how it works. Yet, I do see why it is done. It is natural, and makes you appreciate the organic process more since it takes so much more than the industrial farming process.
Monday, February 15, 2010
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While it may be cheaper and healthier, do you think that it is enough to feed a nation of 300 million people (nevermind exports)?
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