“The predominant system of farming bolstered by all of this is accurately named industrial agriculture. It is capital-intensive, not labor-intensive, which largely explains the region’s depopulation. Industrial agriculture considers the countryside as a factory.” — Richard Manning Copy Share Image
“Between 1970 and 1992, a million farms—36 percent of all American farms—ceased to exist.” — Richard Manning Copy Share Image
“What was invented with civilization was the ability of some to deny sensuality to others.” — Richard Manning Copy Share Image
“Famine was the mark of a maturing agricultural society, the very badge of civilization.” — Richard Manning Copy Share Image
“A thirty-two-ounce soda and a tank of gas is America distilled to its seminal fluids.” — Richard Manning Copy Share Image
“The predominant system of farming bolstered by all of this is accurately named industrial agriculture. It is capital-intensive, not labor-intensive, which largely explains the… — Richard Manning Copy Share Image
“The British custom of taking tea as an afternoon break has more to do with sugar than with tea. During the nineteenth century, when… — Richard Manning Copy Share Image
“We are beginning to understand that by the time the conquistadors struck the Andes or Custer reached the Black Hills of South Dakota, only… — Richard Manning Copy Share Image
“In other words, a bunch of guys who spent their time running around the woods, hunting and fishing and trading meat for sex, one… — Richard Manning Copy Share Image
