Joel Salatin and Rohan Anderson … in conversation
Posted on October 8th, 2012
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I’ve been asked to sit down and chat with THE Joel Salatin.
Yes. Unbelievable right. Well it’s true! I mean he’s such an inspiration to so many people, farmers and consumers alike. And I’m the lucky bloke that gets to sit on stage talking with Joel.
If you can get to Melbourne you should come and see us chat. It’s the next installment of the ‘In Conversation with Dumbo Feather’ Magazine. Thanks Dumbo Dudes for inviting me to converse with this rouge farmer that I admire.
Details are here: Tickets are cheap…..but the conversation won’t be.
Images courtesy of Dumbo Feather
Tagged: Joel Salatin, Rohan Anderson
So wish I could get there – 2 inspirations on the one stage, hosted by my fav mag. Doesn’t get much better (pity I live 4hrs away!)
Wow! I’ve been to a talk of his, and watched him on movies… very charismatic, passionate and knowledgeable. What an honour!
Wonderful stuff! I’m excited to be participating in the 4 day course at Taranaki Farm. Joel is truly an amazing inspiration. Lucky you to be chatting with him and sharing this important work. Life changing for sure! Thanks for sharing this message around. So important.
wow indeed, congratulations, have you prepared what you are going to say, or will you just chat? any chance of it being available online at all, Bellingen to Melbourne is just way too far.
Would love to go, sadly a bit far to travel from Tassie. Any chance it will be recorded?
Congratulations! Joel Salatin is amazing, I would love to hear him speak. His books are great!
Hi there Rohan, just read about you in SMH and have now discovered your blog. Congrats on choosing to live a sustainable life. Hats off to you for ‘shaking a fist’ at all those people who sqwark about not having time. I get the same diatribe from folk who don’t realise that I work, create ceramics and natural dyed cloth, raise a family and manage to look after my veggie patch(sometimes better than others). It’s heartening to know that my step kids understand how food is produced and the sustained effort it requires. Keep up the evangelising, the world needs more preachers like you and Joel.
Hope we can meet sometimes so that I can get some tips on foraging.
Cheers
Elisa
seems like you are both lucky fellows! nice work!
I can’t wait for this. Am very excited to hear both of you speak. Hopefully I will get to say hi too!
This sounds amazing, Joel Salatin is quite an inspiring person and it would be a huge thrill to see him (and you of course) in person. However seeing as how its quite the jaunt from Canada will it be available online at all? Wishing wholeheartedly I could be there and all the best from Canada!
I heard a whisper that it may get filmed!
See you there!
Where is it going to be? Joel lives on the other side of the mountains from us…visited his farm once before. We get to eat his chickens and other products in the restaurants and markets around town here. Lucky to live so close to him. Be sure to ask him about the Shenandoah Valley and what impact (if any) living there has had on him.
You’re lucky to be that close!!!
Cheers from South Carolina! Just received your book in the mail today (pre ordered a while back, shipping was delayed in the US). I found your blog a while back – don’t remember how. I had been gardening for some time ( you know doing the whole try to be sustainable thing) but I live in the city so my acreage is somewhat limited. Never really gave hunting any though, but after getting some inspiration from your blog and now your book I’ve gone through the overly complicated process of getting a hunting license. Rabbit season opens November 22nd and I’m stoked to give it a try. Should be buying my first .22 this weekend! Anyway just thought I’d drop a line. Cheers!
Hugo! Thats rad to hear! A .22 is perfect for small game! I had a tiny back yard when I wrote that book! Anything is possible! Thanks for your message. SC…I really want to go there one day!!
Just dropped by to say the book arrived yesterday and I’m already about to dig into the foraging chapter. Loving it. I think my favourite bit so far was about eating control. YES! It’s super tasty.
Hi Rohan,
I heard your talk at readings tonight, I’m so inspired! It’s so good to hear other people question the fact that there are tomatoes zucchinis and eggplant in the supermarkets in winter, It drives me crazy. I live in Carlton north and although my gardens small I’ve got a little veggie patch going which I’m pretty excited about. Very excited to get stuck into your book, just had a flick through and looks delish. I’m also very excited to see you talk with Joel salatin!
Zannah
Thanks so much for coming! That little veg patch in Carlton will give you much joy!! Bless!!
I was just wondering what your thoughts are on vaccines and medicines, given that you support a natural lifestyle. For example, do you take flu medication or just let your immune system do its job? Do you support a minimalist approach to vaccines/medication, taking only what is minimally necessary to stay, well, alive? Or do you just don’t have a opinion on it?
I’m not sure really. I’m not a specialist. But from what my GP told me, vaccines are useful. I guess best to ask a medic!
In regards to flu…..I used to get the jab each year from my workplace. I still got a flu most years. What ya going to do??
I heard you on the radio then I chanced upon your cookbook in the shop and I thought – whaaa????
So you got a vegie patch and you like hunting and cooking. Big deal. Nothing new in that. Difference is you seem to want to claim it so you can brand it and make a quid out of it. Hang some product off a simple good thing that needs no more elaboration than the sort of info you’d find being shared on any hunting/fishing/gardening/cooking forum. My beef is that in the process of your self aggrandisement you destroy the poetry inherent in it by your posturing. Your self promotion (read – Advertising) is strip mining meaning and pleasure from the aforementioned simple good things.
Don’t bother replying either. I don’t like you.
Thanks Ross. You’ve missed the point of the blog. I’m trying to promote the concept of being self sufficient, so as to reduce my carbon foot print. I’m attempting to encourage people to be more active in where their food comes from.
People like you just ruin the whole process of making positive change for our community.
I won’t make a living from the sale of my book. And I don’t care much for your vile attitude and aggression.
Well said. What on earth is wrong with some people?!
I don’t normally read through all the comments, but I saw some great ones here and then came upon this one. I like you. So there. Keep doing what you’re doing here. It’s your purpose and it’s an honorable one.
Ross was unbelievably rude. Yes, lots of people garden, hunt, fish and cook, and all the better if they can share their endeavours. I, for one, appreciate this blog for the superb photography and the interesting discussions that your ‘posturing’ generates. Don’t stop doing what you do.
It never ceases to amaze me how a person who presumably has never met you can decide they don’t like you. Must have got out of bed with his cranky pants on!
I’d heard about your book from a veggie gardening friend and then caught you on Radio National. I’m currently reading your book from our local library and enjoying it very much.
We also grow/forage/cook and the very occasional bit of fishing I’m glad that you are out there promoting this approach to living to as broad an audience as you can.
More strength to your arm!
Thanks for checking out the book and blog! I hope you get some use out of it!
Hi Ro,
Firstly, congratulations on your fabulous blog and book. Your thoughts really resonate with me as we’ve been trying to live the way you advocate for a few years now. We had a suburban garden which we changed to be an edible landscape, front and back gardens. Pretty much everything that was not edible was removed and replaced with edible hedges, garden beds and trees. It was fabulous and reduced our grocery bill to almost nil. We have recently moved to 9 acres in Vic and hope to achieve the same thing but on a much bigger scale. The climate is taking some getting used to however – nothing appears to grow at all here in winter! I have a question for you: do you know of a wild mushroom foraging course that is available in Vic? The mushrooms we are finding on our property are different to the ones I grew up with and I’d love to know if they’re edible or not.
Also congrats on the ABC interview the other day, it was great to hear your voice.
Cheers
Sally
Thanks Sally!
Thats really great to hear of your success! Thats the whole point of growing backyard food, to reduce our reliance on the supermarkets high carbon cost food.
Kudos to you!!!
ho.ly.shit. That’s so awesome!!! You are going some amazing places my faraway friend! It’s crazy to see where you’re come from to where you are now. Accomplishments!
Thanks! It’s amazing indeed! I feel very lucky!
Rohan, this is so awesome for you. I hope, hope, hope that it gets videoed and you are able to share it with us who live so far, far away from you, but so close to Joel. He is about 45 minutes to an hour from me. I too live in the Shenandoah Valley of the beautiful state of Virginia. Joel is quite the guru to us here and we all strive to be more like him. Those of us interested in sustainable living that is. I wish you the most amazing time and can’t wait to read all about your time with him.
And by the way, I find your blog to be amazing and the life you have chosen for you and your family spectaculor:)
Cheers to you,
Debbie
Thanks Debbie! One day I hope to get to that beautiful part of the world!
Amazing blog! Do you have any tips for aspiring writers?
I’m hoping to start my own blog soon but I’m a little lost
on everything. Would you recommend starting with a
free platform like WordPress or go for a paid option?
There are so many choices out there that I’m totally confused .. Any ideas? Many thanks!
I’m not a professional writer so I’m reluctant to give advice in a field I feel amateurish in. Just write what comes naturally. Thats all I do. If that goes somewhere then great.
Hey Rohan,
Just catching up on your blog and noticed your ‘not so good’ comment. Considering you have had a lot of exposure lately and you’ve only got one negative i reckon you’re on a pretty good track record.
That stuff always gets me momentarily down – but you get a lot of positive feedback (deserved IMO), so just keep doing what you are doing. Not sure why he made a comment if he’s not prepared to enter some decent discussion about what you are doing – he definitely went the wrong way about it.
You’re tapped into a growing movement/interest. Love your blog and it’ll be a sad day when you decide to can that side of things. I don’t follow many blogs but yours is one of them.
S
Hi Rohan,
I would just ignore that blokes comment if I were you. I appreciate your blog and love reading it.
I wondered whether you have much experience with onions? I planted out red and white onions in April/May but they are not developing a bulb. Instead they just look like really large spring onions and a couple have started to flower. I am not sure whether to leave them in or not? I am in bayside Melbourne.
Cheers Ben
Not sure whats going on there brother! I planted my first bunch this year in May and some have taken off and some didn’t make it through winter, but I’ve been separating some that I direct seeded and they seem to be taking on ok. If it’s going to seed it seems like it’s a bit dry or warm for them, with those conditions they think its summer and start the genetic survival program of putting energy into flower development to get seeds developed. Maybe try some mulch and a bit of moisture.
Best of luck!