Oh Mr. Salatin...

I have to say that as a whole, I was a bit disappointed by Mr. Salatin. After I read The Omnivore's Delima (or at least most of it) and heard that Mr. Salatin was going to be our guest host, I was really excited. I was dying to hear more about the way that things worked at Polyface Farms, to learn the science behind the intense rotating cycle that he had going, to learn about the eggmobile and what inspired this idea. I wanted to know how this brilliant idea worked. These concrete ideas were met by a very abstract man. The speech at Convocation just didn't interest me. I really don't care that much about ten reasons why a garden is a metaphor for my life. I must say I was also quite frustrated by the fact that the band (including me) was in the worst possible place to hear the speech, and I only remained awake for about the first half. I really tried though. I was fully conscious through the Q & A D period though, and I still wasn't very impressed. He seemed to take a question so much further than we really cared about. It may have been great for other people, but I was far from impressed.