by Joel Salatin

Taken from Back Cover:
"The Salatin family farm, known as Polyface, located in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, has been featured in countless print, radio, and video media as one of the nation's premier ecological farms. Exemplifying local food systems and imbedded community-based agriculture, the farm caught the attention of Michael Pollan in his runaway New York Times bestseller Omnivore's Dilemna when Salatin refused to ship T-bone steaks to New York."

Contents:
The Past

• The Original Essay
• Raw Milk and Dairy
• PL 90-492
• Custom Beef
• Bacon
• Salmonella
• 1,000,000 Mile Chicken

The Present

• Organic Certification
• Government Grants - Best Management Practices
• Government Grants - Conservation Easements
• Restaurants
• Predators and Endangered Species
• Sawmills Are Out
• Zoning
• Labor
• Housing
• Insurance
• Taxes

The Future

• Avian Influenza
• Bioterrorism
• National Animal Identification System
• Mad Cow
• Animal Welfare
• Options