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Pollan spends a good bit of his book writing about Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm, over in Swoope, in the valley.

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"What we would like to see is an exemption from government intrusion in direct farmer-to-consumer food transactions," said Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farm in nearby Swoope, a pioneer of the local food movement and author of "Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front."

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But at Polyface Farm in rural Swoope, Va.--where Salatin and multiple generations of his family have tended the land for decades--the processing is performed in...

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But at Polyface Farm in rural Swoope, Va.--where Salatin and multiple generations of his family have tended the land for decades--the processing is performed in open air, and customers who've driven out to pick up a bird can and do wander around back to take a look for themselves.

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But at Polyface Farm in rural Swoope, Va.--where Salatin and multiple generations of his family have tended the land for decades--the processing is performed in open air, and customers who've driven out to pick up a bird can and do wander around back to take a look for themselves.

TIME.com: Top Stories 2011