FOOD INFLATION: Can Family Farms Save Us? Joel Salatin and Dr. Sina McCullough
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- čas přidán 1. 12. 2021
- Small farms saved us last year when grocery store shelves became bare as food shortages were felt across the country. With the current rising food costs, Joel and Sina ponder the question: Can small farms save us again?
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I was very high priced 20 plus years ago on the stuff we sell direct. But our prices have not gone up. Now, we’re cheaper. Probably the best advice Joel gives is to be modular and scale able. Most of our land is dedicated to no till row crop organic, planting green, controlled traffic production. Cattle is king here as well, the mainstay of how we farm this rich, corn belt ground is to achieve fertility with lightweight cattle and sheep and keeping a constant root alive in the ground.
But I rented a lot of land for much of the time. Ironically, I didn’t know I was organic until two liberal landlords told me I was and wanted to make me a deal if I produced on their ground. So I became big quick. Now we’re split 50/50 renting vs owned land over 10k acres.
My outlook is this, I won’t be a supplier for any entity that has outgrown the family business model. In short, I won’t do business with anyone commercially who doesn’t have a little mud and shit on their boots. I also won’t endeavor in to an enterprise I can’t manage as a family business. If it’s too much, I’ll find, build my own collaborators to work with us as partners.
Interesting topic. As petrol and fertilizer prices rise, it will start becoming more of a production issue in the future. Along with weather extremes and grand solar minimum, it will be even more of a production issue. What is the solution? Being flexible in what you can prepare and what you can eat? Grow some of your own food? I think that we really need better growing methods along with flexibility in what we can grow and eat.
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I can’t say it’s due to an act of brilliance on my part, but I have always stockpiled in order to reduce taxes. I figure I’m going to buy it anyways sooner or later. Cost of goods reduces taxable income. Keep pushing it down the road as long as you can, and pray for a good tax policy window to open up. Smart people call it hedging.
Mr Salatin has missed a huge cost of large business --- hugely overpaid top management.
I know he's a busy guy but he looks completely disinterested sitting there working on whatever it is he's doing during the intro
Hi Ginger! Thank you for your feedback. I agree that Joel looks disinterested. He's actually taking notes on what I'm saying. He uses the notes in future talks/articles. However, you are not the first person to mention this, so I will address it with him. Thank you again. We always appreciate comments and we continue to learn from them. : )
Sheesh. You’re jumping to conclusions. He’s completely aware and prepared with every question. I think they did an amazing job and need not address anything.