Joel Salatin...a messy discussion

[Ldychef2k]

Looked at the pictures of the squeaky clean recruits at the web site. They would be grease spots on the driveway when Jackie Clay got done with them...

 

[big brown horse]

Looks like Jackie Clay could kick your A!! http://www.backwoodshome.com/advice/aj61.html

ETA: I like her!!

 

[noobiechickenlady]

I'd be more afraid of Dorothy Ainsworth, look at those biceps! http://www.backwoodshome.com/columns/ainsworth0402.html

 

[big brown horse]

There we go!!

Who said women were the weaker sex?

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

and not to mention Bee and Bat! whoot!

 

[Occamstazer]

Hah! Love those gals!

I'm always happy to see other women who are tough as nails and have great men who love them for it

Also that Dorothy Ainsworth article has me giggling, she's very snarky!

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Here's a thought, the fact that he can afford to have a policy that ticks off a lot of us says something wonderful about the entire real food movement! He's got so much interest in what he's doing that he can afford to be a butt for whatever reason, and that can be seen as a very good thing

You are just like my mom. You can make anything negative into a positive. Good point.

I still say us gals and anyone who doesn't fit his "all American and clean cut" image (myself included...yea! look I have two strikes!!) should bypass him and just do it ourselves. We are all the hard working types and aren't afraid to get dirty.

You don't have to be Beaver Cleaver to do what Joel is doing.

I missed this! Yeah! I'm with you on it BBH, that's why I am still buying Salad Bar Beef. He can teach me from afar and won't have to look at my tats or even know I exist.

So in the interest of kissing & making up, here's to all us motivated, self-starters who don't fit into ANY cookie cutters.

Dorothy is my hero.

 

[big brown horse]

Right on, RIGHT?????!!!!!

 

[Beekissed]

We should all just go to Bee's house and pay her for an apprenticeship!


What do ya say Bee?

I like the way you are thinking, girl! I, too, find this somewhat disappointing but I know from whence he comes. This is not a real politically correct kind of fellow, he is very much the head of his household and professes Christianity. He has one house where his apprentices live....no female dorms there. Yes, he could build some but he seems to me to be the kind of man who:

A. Doesn't care a flip about politically correctness, the female equality issue or anything of this nature. Do you read anywhere in any of his books where he mentions his wife? Not many places, and only mentions his daughter a few times....yes, he is the typical, woman should be in the home type man. He obviously feels like his wife should not be out slaving in the hot sun like a man. So what? The man knows about pasture...I don't have to marry him to learn from his farm policies.

B. Feels that his apprentices should be the future leaders of agriculture, someone who will actually apply this to a piece of land big enough to sustain themselves and a community, etc. Usually this is a man. Not always....but usually. He's pretty serious about educating others to his ideology.

C. Works closely with his apprentices and doesn't want any whiff of impropriety attached to his enterprise. Riding around on the back forty with a female apprentice just might cramp his style, reputation-wise.

D. Maybe, just maybe, his wife just won't allow it!

 

[MorelCabin]

I think that being in close quarters with any woman other than his wife makes him uncomfortable. I think that if this is the case then he is very honourable. Maybe his wife or another female family member only make themselves available on certain occasions and he has to scedule around that. I can understand this completely...I was raised in a household like this.