Family Friendly Farming

Saving the land­scape, rebuild­ing entre­pre­neur­ial rur­al fam­i­lies, and pro­tect­ing nutri­tious food are the themes of this time­less trea­tise — hence the word ​“tes­ta­ment.” Delving into the soul of the Salatin fam­i­ly’s nation­al­ly acclaimed Polyface Farm, author Joel Salatin offers Family Friendly Farming as the key to deal­ing with resource issues, food pol­i­cy, and social fabric. With humor and per­son­al sto­ries, he opens his fam­i­ly and farm con­vic­tions for all to see, share, and enjoy. Written from his unabashed ​“Christian lib­er­tar­i­an envi­ron­men­tal­ist cap­i­tal­ist” per­spec­tive, his ideas are guar­an­teed to encour­age and chal­lenge vir­tu­al­ly every ​“ism” in the cul­ture. It will cap­ti­vate any­one pas­sion­ate about heal­ing the land, heal­ing fam­i­lies, and heal­ing the food supply. For sev­er­al decades young peo­ple have been leav­ing the fam­i­ly farm. The ones left behind are now respon­si­ble for soci­ety’s great­est resources: clean land