|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
|
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
MUST READ / À lire absolument,
This review is from: Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front (Paperback)
This is a must read. This is the first time I am overwhelmed by a book to the point of writing a review. This is not, however, a review. This is a suggestion: If you feel freedom of choice is a right and, more importantly, if you feel this freedom seems to be slowly slipping away from us all, read this book. If you don't care about food but feel that something seems to be slowly choking your faith in life, read this book. And once you have read it, why not act?
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta) Amazon.com:
4.3 out of 5 stars (44 customer reviews) 195 of 204 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth every penny,
By Preston B. Larus - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front (Paperback)
Author Joel Salatin is a "farmer." The word tends to conjure an image of the small farmer of yesteryear ... struggling, hapless, about to be made obsolete by today's industrialized, corporatized agribusiness.Forget that image. Salatin's business model is uniquely American: innovative, quality-driven, free-thinking, and customer-oriented. He has created a loyal local market for his high-quality poultry, beef, and pork, and he accepts no government monies or subsidies. As if that wasn't hard enough, Salatin has had to constantly swim against an overwhelming tide of flawed regulations that discriminate in favor of mega-operations. "Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal" tells all about that struggle, and so much more. Salatin asks (and answers) the questions, why are small farmers and local food artisans leaving their heritage behind to work in town? Why do we, as a society, have a larger segment of our population in prison (2.5 %) than working on farms (1.5%)? Why is food quality at a low? And why are regulatory barriers keeping small producers out of the business of food production? And how did we - the constituency, the consumers, the all-powerful "demand" part of the supply-and-demand equation -- ever buy in to the notion that the institutionalization of our food supply is inexorable and must be suffered with stoic cynicism and resignation? And what is there to do about it? The answers to these questions matter, because the ultimate costs of these trends are huge, in terms of food quality, in terms of resource damage, and at many other levels. But the worst damage of all is the loss of whole communities and ways of life ... ways that have worked for centuries. Entrepreneurship - and the freedom to be entrepreneurial - is a huge part of what made this country great, and in the food business, it's in grave danger. A quiet robbery has been happening right under our noses, and the villains and the victims are NOT who we think they are. I have met Salatin and visited his farm, and he is the genuine item. His book is a must-read for everyone who cherishes freedom. 78 of 80 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A frightening but honest view of our government,
By Dave Lillie "Farmer Dave" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front (Paperback)
Joel Salatin provides an honest, albiet frightening, view of what it is like trying to run a small business in America in 2007. As the owner of a small business for 27 years, as well as a sustainable ag farmer for the past 3 years, I can attest to everything Joel discusses in his book. Other reviews criticize his political leanings, his simplistic libertarianism, his religious beliefs, and his so called "rants", but none of these critics challenges the truth of what he reveals. Those in the front always take the first arrows. This book should scare the hell out of anyone who believes that government is the answer to all of our ills. For those of us who want clean food, those of us who want to produce a wholesome product for us, our families, and our neighbors, and most of all, those of us who just want a choice in our lives, this book is a testament to the need for a revolution against the food industry as well as our big bully government. I borrowed this book from my son, but am so appreciative of the information within, that I will send Joel a check today for the cost of the book.
75 of 83 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow!,
By J. Mease - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front (Paperback)
I blew through this book over the weekend and I've found a soul-mate in Joel Salatin. Salatin in an evangelist for the local food movement and we couldn't have a more honest or articulate one.Joel does a heartfelt and beautiful job of explaining how the best intentioned goverment programs to support farming are actually destroying it, and the health and freedom of Americans along with it. It's a manifesto for local food systems. If you are interested in local food and supporting sustainable agriculture, this book should be on your shelf and gifted to those in government and academia who could make a difference but haven't. |
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Business & Investing > Economics > Agricultural
- Books > Health, Mind & Body > Nutrition
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Business & Finance
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Social Sciences
- Books > Nonfiction > Economics > Agricultural
- Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Sociology
- Books > Professional & Technical > Accounting & Finance > Economics > Agricultural
- Books > Science > Agricultural Sciences > Economics
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
