I have listened to almost al of your podcasts, some several times. I respect Salatin for what he has done for pushing forward small farms with pastured animals. I find his quite fluid mix of Christian fundamentalism and American imperialism learned from his parents putrid. Jesus never said, “you know, hunger makes you creative.” Why didn’t he tell the billionaires who called him for food advice as they build their bunkers to give away those billions as Jesus would have done? Instead he portrayed them as men simply wanting to protect their wives and daughters. Why didn’t he suggest to those four billionaires that if they paid their workers a living wage they would not have to be so frightened of the future? History shows that hungry, exploited people actually do revolt. I know this is not a podcast of investigative journalism but his “anyone can move up from poverty if you are frugal” does not take into account that he did not have to care for a previous generation and inherited land from his parents. His agricultural principles are good. His Christian witness is an atrocity. Perhaps you could interview the folks from Sylvanaqua Farms as a counterweight to Salatin’s libertarian entitlement mix-up with Christian imperialism and fear of care for the common good I.e. what he calls socialism. And, please. I am not the one getting political. You interviewed Salatin, and he unapologetically expressed political and Christian views which went unchallenged as his opinion not as the way things are. I wish you would offer more interviews of women farmers on their own, not women only as wives of farmers and also people of color, particularly in the West and South. Blessings!
