My Dad met us there and was able to go on the tour with us. (Then AnnCarter and I went home with him for a visit with the family.)
The eggmobile...houses 900 hens, produces over 500 eggs a day.
Portable chicken pen (model we plan to use this summer--we're going to begin by raising 75 birds). Chickens get a fresh "salad bar" of grass every day.
Chicks and Cows
Joel Salatin talking about grass--his youthful energy and passion about all was certainly contagious. You can tell he derives life from what he does that in turn is so life giving.
It was certainly a gift to be a part of this tour (we bought the last 4 tickets available!) as we look into this direction/model more and more for our lives here on Lookout Mountain. You could tell a distinct difference from this farm and the ones surrounding it. Even at just the beginning of spring, Polyface's grass had a lush appearance in contrast to the neighboring farm--certainly testament to the way they follow the natural design of the created order. On the drive out to their farm you pass several conventional farms along the way. That was also a loud, black and white contrast to the difference between the two ways of farming (polyculture vs. conventional). We passed a cow feed lot that looked SO barren and it smelled terrible! The desolate picture of that farm contrasted with the beauty, smell-free (even in the "pigerator") and life-giving environment of Polyface only perpetuated our convictions more in the area of land and animal stewardship.
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