Fresh From the Farm.

• Author: Kopczak, J.
• Position: Letters - Letter to the editor

As a market gardener who sells at five farmers' markets a week, I appreciated your bringing Joel Salatin to the pages of reason ("Fresh From the Farm," June).

My wife and I started in a 30-square-foot garden plot in a trailer park 10 years ago. Since then we have moved to five acres of an old hayfield and converted it to our own specialty greens, cut flower, and heirloom vegetable Field of Dreams. Joel Salatin encourages more Americans to likewise pursue their bliss, be it in farming, home baking, home crafting, custom woodworking, or wherever their talents lie. Moreover, he is a vocal opponent of so-called health, safety, and environmental regulations that tilt the playing field in the favor of large corporate interests and against would-be entrepreneurs.

In his book Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal, Salatin...