Pitchfork Pulpit
Wisdom and Practice in a Self-Reliant Life
Will be published approx. on 13. January 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-7336866-4-8 (ISBN)
Description
For six years Joel Salatin's Pitchfork Pulpit column in The Mother Earth News magazine inspired and challenged readers. These columns, in the order they ran, preserve that timeless writing legacy for today's homesteading, small farming, and self-reliance community.
As America's iconic and fearless bootstrap farmsteader, Joel Salatin captures principles of practical success and philosophical wisdom in this series of essays originally published in Mother Earth News magazine. From stewarding a woodlot to managing aromatically-appealing chickens, his dirt-under-the-fingernails experience coaches readers to self-reliant success. Untangling from industrial corporate systems dependency is a lifelong process, and one that jumpstarts with this trove of advice.
As America's iconic and fearless bootstrap farmsteader, Joel Salatin captures principles of practical success and philosophical wisdom in this series of essays originally published in Mother Earth News magazine. From stewarding a woodlot to managing aromatically-appealing chickens, his dirt-under-the-fingernails experience coaches readers to self-reliant success. Untangling from industrial corporate systems dependency is a lifelong process, and one that jumpstarts with this trove of advice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7336866-4-8 (9781733686648)
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Joel Salatin and his family own Polyface Farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, chemical-free and carbon-driven since 1961. This is his 17th book dealing with practice and philosophy in farming that is economically, ecologically, and emotionally enhancing. Featured in countless media outlets, from print to audio to video, Salatin is known as America's most famous farmer. He speaks worldwide to farmers, foodies, and food freedom advocates about healing food systems and farmscapes.