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Joel Salatin books: every book Joel Salatin wrote and recommended
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Joel Salatin appears on, in one place — not just one.
Books by Joel Salatin
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Folks, This Ain't Normal
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The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs
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Food Freedom
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Pastured Poultry Profits
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Holy Cows and Hog Heaven
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Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal
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Frugal Homesteader
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Sweet Maple
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Camel Crazy
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Small Farm Republic
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Beyond Labels
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Fields of Farmers
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You Can Farm
Joel F. Salatin is an American farmer, lecturer, and author who has shared his agricultural and philosophical perspectives across multiple prominent podcasts. On The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Joel Salatin brought up André Voisin's book Grass Productivity, authored with Robert C. Worstell, to explain the foundational principles of rotational and controlled grazing, describing the French author's work as the enduring Bible of controlled grazing. During the same podcast appearance, Salatin cited Stephen R. Covey's book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to discuss the concepts of emotional equity and positive reinforcement in human interactions. Later, on The Joe Rogan Experience, Salatin mentioned Jared Diamond's book Guns, Germs, and Steel, describing it as a fascinating read while discussing how Europeans built up natural immunities by keeping livestock closely integrated near their residential homes. Through these discussions, Salatin utilized these texts to reinforce his broader arguments regarding sustainable agriculture, efficient land management, human effectiveness, and historical developments in human society, demonstrating how diverse literary sources inform his practical farming philosophy and worldview.
Books recommended by Joel Salatin
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Grass Productivity
Discussed“some Andre Voyini was a Frenchman who who wrote grass productivity, kind of still the Bible of of rotational or controlled grazing.”
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond is an expansive historical non-fiction work that explores why Eurasian civilizations survived and conquered other societies, attributing these outcomes to geographical and environmental advantages rather than biological differences.
Discussed“I mean this was part of the part of the kind of unspoken part of the book Guns Germs and Steel yeah you know that was a fascinating book”
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R.
Discussed“Stephven CVY in the seven habits of highly effective people, you know, talks about emotional equity.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| 539. The Best Argument Against Veganism | Joel Salatin | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast | 2025-04-17 | 2 |
| #1478 - Joel Salatin | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2020-05-21 | 1 |
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“interestingly I've just I've got a book that's actually well having hand me in whatever ten days a new book I mean I've written with a with a nutritionist biochemist dr. Sheena McCullough and the title of the book is beyond labels”
“and in our book beyond beyond labels seen and I in end up the last couple chapters are about moving to a place where you actually are producing some of your own food”
“folks this ain't normal”
“holy cows and hog heaven”
“you can farm the entrepreneurs guide to start and succeed in a in farming Enterprise”
“fields of farmers uh mentoring uh interning partnering and germinating tomorrow's Farmers”