Chapter 8

Chapter eight of The Omnivores Dilemma Pollan visits Joel Salatin’s farm. On Joel’s farm everything revolves around 100 acres of grass that is constantly replenished by everything that lives on it. Joel has his farm running perfectly with the cattle grazing the pasture, then the chickens grazing and fertilizing it with nitrogen, then the cattle grazing again. This process is different than most other farms because everything is done naturally. Joel’s farm I believe is the way all farms should operate. He is able to produce an abundance of meat and vegetables without using any artificial help. All farms should be ran the way Joel’s is because it not only produces food for people to survive but it gives back to the environment allowing for more food to be produced the next time around. In our world today natural resources are running out, meaning areas to farm are being depleted. However, farming the way Joel does is resourceful and is the best way to preserve the land for future generations of farming. Naylor is also another farmer using natural ways to produce food products, but I think that the way Joel does it is better and more efficient and should be the way that all farms are run.