Sanitation and Regenerative Agriculture
On January 12, Joel Salatin consulted with the abbey to help us flesh out what types of regenerative agriculture we'll pursue on the property. Given that we'll use our land for multiple purposes — worship, prayer, contemplation, Christian education, parties, weddings, agriculture, and animal husbandry — one concern that members from the Land and Building Teams have raised is how to cultivate animals safely, humanely, and hygienically. In this video, Joel discusses natural sanitation mechanisms that keep farms clean, while also fertilizing the land and developing the soil. To farm well, farmers must cultivate the soil's health, which animals (properly managed) are designed to do. He encourages farmers to work with the grain of the animals' created identities to improve the land without creating a diseased environment unsafe for humans.
