We are given a peek into the enormous, dark, overcrowded, inhumane chicken houses maintained by factory farms - a peek, because permission to photograph the operation is not granted, and Perdue declined to comment.
All is not doom and gloom, however. We meet Joel Salatin, sanguine patriarch of a family owned, local-market farm, who fills us with hope as he exhibits the evidence that sustainable farming is a viable alternative. Salatin raises beef, pork, and poultry according to nature’s guiding principles. Pasture-raised and free from antibiotics and hormones, his environmentally accountable, eco-minded philosophy sets an example for a new movement in holistic farming. An affable and engaging spokesman, he motivates us to weigh in with our wallets every time we shop for groceries.