Commentary
Food, which generally originates with a farmer, gardener, or orchardist, is fast losing its hands-on persona and increasingly gaining a mechanical, chemical platform.
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Opinion
The Human Touch in Food Is What We’re Losing
We need more people growing our food, not fewer.
Glyphosate is typically sprayed on fields before production to kill any weeds. Jean-Francois Monier/AFP via Getty Images
Joel Salatin
Author
Joel F. Salatin is an American farmer, lecturer, and author. Salatin raises livestock on his Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley. Meat from the farm is sold by direct marketing to consumers and restaurants.
