Avery Vs. Salatin - two answers say it all!

Greg & Lei Gunthorp (hey4hogs@kuntrynet.com)
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:58:03 -0500

Unlike my husband, I DID read through the whole Avery/Salatin debate! The
responses to one question pretty much summed up the whole debate for me.
The host, Jeff Ishee asked how Dennis and Joel felt about their sons
following in their footsteps. Here are the responses:

Avery: Oh, it makes me feel a little nervous, because we don't get paid
very well for what we do in this field, and I'm concerned that he'll be
able to build the kind of career that his brain power and energy ought to
let him have.

Salatin: For my part, I really can't talk about it without getting choked
up. It's the blessing of anything that we have created in agricultural
paradigms on our farm, and that's romancing the next generation into it.
And that, to me, is the ultimate sustainability.

Now, doesn't this illustrate the difference in the priorities of these two
men? Avery might be a smooth talker, but I give more credit to someone who
speaks from his heart like Salatin does.

Lei Gunthorp
Pasture hog farmer's wife
LaGrange, Indiana

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