Past Events
Joel Salatin
Thursday, January 25, 2007
"IN-SOURCING OUR FOOD:
SCALING PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION FOR LOCAL VIABILITY"
By JOEL SALATIN (press)
Thursday, January 25, 2006
4:00 pm
233 Plant Science Building
From backyard to beyond and from farm gate to foodshed, today's alternative food movement offers a fundamentally different and innovative approach. Marrying techno-glitzy to heritage wisdom, local food entrepreneurs bring marvelous answers to modern problems. Solving problems from bioterrorism to food pathogens, e-dominated transparent farms connected to their foodsheds use less energy and give more satisfaction emotionally, economically, and environmentally. As an equal but opposite reaction to the industrial global out-sourced food action, the local food movement is viable, vital, and viral. We can make it happen today.
Joel Salatin is one of America's premier grass farmers. His family bought Polyface farm in Swoope, VA, in 1961 when he was a young boy. Beginning with just pastured poultry, Joel and has developed models for cattle, pork, and rabbits. Today, the farm provides products to over 400 customers, farmers' markets, buying clubs, and restaurants. Joel's ability to communicate complements his creativity and business sense, enabling him to write about the models he has developed and made profitable. He speaks all over the United States each winter, and is author of several books, including You Can Farm and Salad Bar Beef. His farm is featured in Michael Pollan's most recent book, The Omnivore's Dilemma.
Sponsored by NWAEG, the Department of Crop and Soil Science, Cornell Dining, the Small Farms Program, and funded in part by the GPSAFC, CU Beef Extension Program
Press coverage in the CU Chronicle
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb07/Salatin.cover.AP.html
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb07/LocalFoodsDinner.html
Video coming soon!