Meet Your Hosts
Farmer Joel Salatin
Joel Salatin and his family own Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The farm produces salad bar beef, pastured poultry, pigaerator pork, pastured lamb, duck, and rabbit as well as lumber and maple syrup.
Since acquiring the property in 1961, the family has used compost instead of chemicals, pasture insead of factory houses, and direct marketing instead of industrial-scale wholesalers. Author of 15 books spanning themes from how-to to cultural and social issues, he is editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer, the world’s leading pastured livestock trade journal.
Featured in countless media outlets, including Michael Pollans’ Omnivore’s Dilemma and the award-winning documentary Food Inc., he is known as the most famous farmer in the world. His own monicker is Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer.
The farm sells locally and ships meat and poultry to all 48 contiguous states. The on-site Lunatic Learning Center is a gathering hub for organizations desiring on-farm food-memorable shindigs. A formal apprenticeship program germinates young farmers.
A sought after conference speaker, he travels the world encouraging farmers in biological and profitable systems and inspiring food buyers to purchase intentionally, “healing the land one bite at a time.”
He and his wife Teresa have two children and three grandchildren.
Dr. Sina McCullough
Dr. Sina McCullough is an expert in Nutrition, Disease Reversal, Functional Medicine, Exercise Physiology, and Energy Medicine, as well as a certified Natural Healer™, Master Herbalist, and Gluten Free Society Practitioner.
She is the creator of the online program "GO WILD: How I Reverse Chronic & Autoimmune Disease," which teaches people how to reverse chronic and autoimmune diseases in a step-by-step manner.
Dr. McCullough is the author of two books: HANDS OFF MY FOOD as well as BEYOND LABELS, which was co-authored with Joel Salatin from Polyface Farm.
She is the co-host and co-producer of the Beyond Labels Podcast alongside Farmer Joel Salatin. She also hosts a cooking show titled Easy Peasy Cooking with Dr. Sina and writes for The Epoch Times.
She earned a PhD in Nutrition and a B.S. in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior with a minor in Exercise Physiology from the University of California at Davis. She also taught Biochemistry and Bioenergetics at UC Davis. Prior to becoming a homeschool mom, she was the Director of Research and Development for a nutraceutical company.
Dr. McCullough nearly died from an autoimmune disease; however, through the grace of God, she was able to fully heal without the use of medication. Now she is dedicated to helping others find their second chance.