The Many Faces of Success

Virginia Farmer Turns $300-a-Month Subsistence Farm Into $2-Million-a-Year Organic Business

Swoope, Va., farmer Joel Salatin (Progressive Farmer photo by Deborah R. Huso)
Swoope, Va., farmer Joel Salatin (Progressive Farmer photo by Deborah R. Huso)
A decade ago Joel Salatin farmed 500 owned and leased acres. Today, he manages a 2,000-acre organic farm that grosses $2 million a year, supports 20 full-time salaries and offers a paying internship program for young, would-be producers.

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