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Joel Salatin is an American farmer, lecturer, and author whose books include "You Can Farm" and "Salad Bar Beef". Salatin raises livestock using holistic methods of animal husbandry, free of potentially harmful chemicals, on his Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. Salatin's 550-acre farm is featured prominently in Michael Pollan's book, "The Omnivores Dilemma", and the documentary film, "Food, Inc."