Pitchfork Pulpit
Wisdom and Practice in a Self-reliant Life
Rizzoli · Print & ebook · January 27, 2026
For six years Joel Salatin's Pitchfork Pulpit column in The Mother Earth News magazine inspired and challenged readers.
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- Who it’s for
- Joel Salatin’s essays explore woodlot stewardship, chicken management, and practical principles for self-reliant living.
- Themes
- Self-reliant living, Small-scale farming, Practical land stewardship
- Genres
- Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Living, Animal Husbandry
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For six years Joel Salatin's Pitchfork Pulpit column in The Mother Earth News magazine inspired and challenged readers. These columns, in the order they ran, preserve that timeless writing legacy for today's homesteading, small farming, and self-reliance community. As America's iconic and fearless bootstrap farmsteader, Joel Salatin captures principles of practical success and philosophical wisdom in this series of essays originally published in Mother Earth News magazine.
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From stewarding a woodlot to managing aromatically-appealing chickens, his dirt-under-the-fingernails experience coaches readers to self-reliant success. Untangling from industrial corporate systems dependency is a lifelong process, and one that jumpstarts with this trove of advice.
Woodlots and Chickens
Joel Salatin’s essays explore woodlot stewardship, chicken management, and practical principles for self-reliant living.
Come here for
- Advice on stewarding a woodlot
- Practical guidance on managing chickens
Expect
- Essays originally published in Mother Earth News
- Practical experience alongside philosophical wisdom
Where it sits
| Sustainable Agriculture | 52% |
|---|---|
| Animal Husbandry | 33% |
| Sustainable Living | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sustainable Living
- Nature Writing
- Rural Life
- Authors
- Joel Salatin
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
- Published
- January 27, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Self-reliant living · Small-scale farming · Practical land stewardship
- Reading lane
- Sustainable Living