A self-described “Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer,” Joel Salatin has been called the most famous farmer in the world. He and four generations of his family run Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia, providing beef, pork, poultry, and forestry products to local families and restaurants.
When he’s not traveling and speaking, Salatin is home on the farm “keeping the callouses on my hands and dirt under my fingernails, mentoring young people, inspiring visitors, and promoting local, regenerative food and farming systems.”