Salad Bar Beef (Paperback)

by Joel Salatin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Polyface; 1st edition (July 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096381091X
• ISBN-13: 978-0963810915
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,508 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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78 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good How-to on raising beef on shoestring for direct market, December 25, 1997

By	[e-mail] (Austin Moseley, Caddo Mills, Texas) - See all my reviews

Joel Salatin brings optimism and energy to this series of essays on how he raises beef (and other livestock ) on grass for direct market to urban consumers. He reveals his tricks in great detail, such as the egg-mobile, the pig-aerator, electric fencing, the warm winter hay shed, and how to promote the meat. A must for anyone looking for new ideas on raising livestock

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Book, September 8, 2006

By	Ryan D. Marquardt (Ames, IA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book starts with the framework for grass finished cattle production, then looks at day to day operation, followed by some more detailed points and problem shooting, before closing with marketing. This is a great guide and an enjoyable read. I liked it better than Pastured Poultry, but both are great books for those interested in the future of the farm buisness.

Ryan

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and green concept, December 14, 2007

By	Samuel (Salem, AL United States) - See all my reviews

I recommend Salad Bar Beef to anyone in the country that wants to produce beef worth eating. Salatin is extremely open and honest about everything he does on his farm, and is very passionate about green farming.

This book does not contain simple homesteading information; it is a manual on how to maximize profits, production, and soil fertility, while decreasing disease and stress(both cattle stress and farmer stress). When I said it does not contain "simple homesteading information", I did not mean that this book is complicated. Salad Bar Beef is actually one of the easiest agricultural books to comprehend.

Although easy to comprehend, you can not by any means read this book with a conventional mind. Pretend you do not know anything, and carefully consider Salatin's points.

If you begin reading this book and get the feeling that Salatin is strong in the way he presents his points, that's because he is. Many do not like being convicted, but the truth is, if you're never convicted, you never learn. Salatin makes his views clearly seen in his books, and every one of them are good and practical. Personally, I do not like reading a book in which the author is weak in his presentation of views.

I have never read agricultural books as good as the ones that Salatin has written, and I recommend them to anyone interested in farming naturally. The books are high-priced, but worth double that. Before long I will raise poultry and cattle using Salatin's methods, using Salad Bar Beef as a manual. Too bad I can't give Salad Bar Beef six or seven stars.