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Joel Salatin, America's Most Influential Farmer, Talks Big Organic and the Future of Food

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Using its political clout, industrial food is waging war on local, nutrient dense foods as surely as the U.S. Cavalry hunted down native Americans earlier in our culture's history. A people, who by the way, only wanted to be left alone and who were routinely... Full Article at Treehugger

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  1. I'm always struck by how successful we've been in hitting the bull's-eye on the wrong target
    SOURCE: St. Louis Beacon 7 months ago
  2. I think it's really important that people know where their food comes from ... I mean we spend a lot of time researching the very best sources so that when people go to Chipotle, they can rest assured they are getting great food. ... Joel is a leader in this movement. And really, doing things sort of th...
    SOURCE: ABC News 7 months ago
  3. You know, in our culture today ... we don't ask how to make a pig happy ... We ask how to grow it faster, fatter, bigger, cheaper, and that's not a noble goal.
    SOURCE: ABC News 7 months ago
  4. These people did not want to talk me
    SOURCE: Philly.com 7 months ago
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  1. Eric Schlosser
  2. Michael Pollan Michael Pollan
  3. Food and Drug Administration Food and Drug Administration
  4. Rush Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh
  5. McDonald's McDonald's
  6. United Stated Department of Agriculture United Stated Department of Agriculture
  7. Mary Lee Mary Lee
  8. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
  9. Wal-Mart Wal-Mart
  10. Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey

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