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| | | America's most famous lunatic farmer and Manward contributor Joel Salatin accomplished a lot this year.
He met with Prince Charles...
Launched two new books...
And kept our mailbag quite busy.
His most popular essays in 2020 all shared a similar theme... how the government gets it wrong again and again.
He took the feds to task over how we measure GDP... how food labels are a lie... and how the COVID-19 crisis could have been preventable.
He wasn't afraid to dive headlong into the mask debate and question what makes a true basic human right.
I've compiled his top essays of the year below. And you can check out his full archive here.
Reader Favorite No. 1: "These Numbers Could Doom America"
As iconic writer Wendell Berry notes, "What's wrong with us creates more GDP than what's right with us."
The problem is that it fails to account for activities that harm us. If toxins are dumped in a river, our economic system does not have a way to capture that cost as a loss against our GDP. In fact - and this is the point - GDP captures that activity as a net gain.
How so? Because the cost of cleanup adds economic activity.
That's why Joel says a civilization that fails to recognize resource depletion and societal dysfunction as an economic negative can't survive. So what can we do about it?
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| | | Reader Favorite No. 2: "The Big Lie of Food Labels"
When Joel began working on his new book, Beyond Labels, he had no clue that he'd launch it in the midst of the largest global pandemic in history.
Never have people questioned so aggressively the orthodox narrative from credentialed experts. Never have people been more interested in building up their immune systems.
The book confronts the biggest issues in America's food supply and shows how easy it can be to take charge of your own health - one bite at a time. The ideas, evidence and takeaways from this book have the power to reshape America's declining health.
Check out how Joel takes on Big Ag and Big Food here.
Reader Favorite No. 3: "This Crisis Is a Distinctly American Tragedy"
Ask any foreigner what they know about American food culture, and they'll reply, "McDonald's."
Isn't it tragic that a nation as big and creative - and proud - as ours is known as the "fast-food nation"?
Nationalistic pride naturally feeds a desire to be No. 1 at something. But when we consider just a few of the statistics regarding COVID-19, we must admit that America is suffering the worst effects. It's a tragic instance where being No. 1 is no good.
It doesn't take much to connect the dots...
Find out why Joel thinks this pandemic is both predictable and inevitable.
Reader Favorite No. 4: "Human Rights Don't Come With a Price Tag"
We hear a lot these days about basic human rights. And with America's abundance of wealth, these rights are expanding by the minute. Beyond the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness... we now have a basic human right to healthcare, a college education and a living wage.
But what, Joel ponders, is a basic human right? And how do we separate true basic human rights from the entitlement programs bandied about today?
Get his answer here.
Reader Favorite No. 5: "Freedom Is More Subjective Than We Think"
One thing that has become painfully obvious in the age of COVID-19... The nice clear line of distinction between freedom and curtailment of freedom is actually more subjective than most of us would like to admit.
And when it comes to masks, for example, freedom of choice cannot be the central argument against wearing one unless it is tied to explaining a different view toward health and protection.
For any disagreement, Joel says, we all must do better at engaging at the empirical level of "why."
Continue reading to see how to have a respectful debate with someone who disagrees with you...
Reader Favorite No. 6: "Why It Pays to Believe in the Unorthodox"
Joel was four years old when his parents bought what he calls a "gullied rock pile of farm property in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley." They were advised that in order to be successful, they should plant corn, buy chemical fertilizers and pesticides (including DDT), graze the woodlands, build silos, put in a feedyard, and buy expensive farm equipment.
In the end, they spurned every word and went in the opposite direction. And it was that unorthodox move that set his family up for a lifetime of success.
Here's why Joel says it pays to believe in the unorthodox...
What's your favorite essay from Joel this year? Tell us at mailbag@manwardpress.com.
Be well,
Amanda | | | |
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