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Free the Enslaved Food System

Let neighbors feed neighbors without government interference.
Free the Enslaved Food System
Joel Salatin, founder of Polyface Farm and an organic farming expert, takes a break from his presentations at the Food Independence Summit. Courtesy of Emma Low/Food Independence Summit
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I recently sat in a room and watched Joel Salatin—a legend in U.S. farming—take the stage and demand that we “free the enslaved food system.” Salatin, author of “Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal,” argued that the way to fight food deserts, food insecurity, and the disappearance of the small family farm is not through bigger government programs but by rolling back the suffocating regulations that keep farmers from feeding their neighbors.
Mollie Engelhart
Mollie Engelhart
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Mollie Engelhart, regenerative farmer and rancher at Sovereignty Ranch, is committed to food sovereignty, soil regeneration, and educating on homesteading and self-sufficiency. She is the author of “Debunked by Nature”: Debunk Everything You Thought You Knew About Food, Farming, and Freedom — a raw, riveting account of her journey from vegan chef and LA restaurateur to hands-in-the-dirt farmer, and how nature shattered her cultural programming.