The final principle of natural farming is NO PESTICIDES. Nature is in perfect balance when left alone. — Masanobu Fukuoka Copy Share Image
When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know,… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Golf has an ambivalent relationship with the environment. On one hand, it's a great preserver of open spaces. Golf doesn't pave the… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
If you care about the animals, actually, organic might not be the best answer because now we have organic feedlots, organic factory… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Harmful bacteria, viruses, calcium-forming micro-organisms, and candida are part of our world. Unfortunately, so are toxic chemicals, including everything from pesticides to… — David Wolfe Copy Share Image
We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
We are bombarded with reasons to stay inside: we're afraid of mosquitoes because of West Nile and grass because of pesticides and… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I've always thought the main argument for organic was more environmental than a health argument. I just don't think spraying a lot… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The effort to eliminate synthetic pesticides because of unsubstantiated fears about residues in food will make fruits and vegetables more expensive, decrease… — Bruce Ames Copy Share Image
Those externalized costs have always included labor. It is only the decline over time of the minimum wage in real dollars that's… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
On the other hand, there are plenty of red flags that link developmental disabilities to things like lead and mercury and pesticides… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The great virtue of a diversified food economy, like a diverse pasture or farm, is its ability to withstand any shock. The… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“HIGHEST IN PESTICIDES— BUY ORGANIC IF POSSIBLE LOWEST IN PESTICIDES— BUY EITHER ORGANIC OR CONVENTIONAL Celery Onion Peaches Avocado Strawberries Sweet corn… — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
“Organic foods are richer in nutrients. This means they improve satiety and naturally help regulate body weight…Plants produce antioxidants to protect themselves… — Cynthia Sass Copy Share Image
One thing is all things. To resolve one matter, one must resolve all matters. Changing one thing changes all things. Once I… — Masanobu Fukuoka Copy Share Image
The moment we turn over the soil we start poisoning it and we go on poisoning it all the way through... and… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
“In the wild a plant and its pests are continually coevolving, in a dance of resistance and conquest that can have no… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The standard approach has been to pump up the dosage of chemicals ... Twenty percent of these approved-for-use pesticides are listed by… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
There will be guards,” Bast said. “And traps. And alarms. You can bet the house is heavily charmed to keep out gods.”… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
If we weren't so dirt-conscious, we would obtain adequate vitamin B12 from soil, air, water, and bacteria, but we meticulously wash and… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
A Who's Who of pesticides is therefore of concern to us all. If we are going to live so intimately with these… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
Too many cars, too many factories, too much detergent, too much pesticides, multiplying contrails, inadequate sewage treatment plants, too little water, too… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Everything I do, I try to think, 'Okay, what are the ramifications?' Like, with the clothes I wear, I prefer if it's… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
I eliminated coffee and fish from my diet. The pesticides in coffee and fish, as well as the mercury in the latter,… — Constance Marie Copy Share Image
Be sure to buy organic versions of the 'dirty dozen:' the fruits and vegetables that, when grown conventionally, are loaded with pesticides… — Suzanne Somers Copy Share Image
Healthy, sustainable food production methods give us food that is nutritionally better and with fewer pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones. — Marion Nestle Copy Share Image
Our actions today will protect children from the adverse effects of exposure to pesticides commonly used on foods. The agency also is… — Carol Browner Copy Share Image
Certainly people in empty places feel they have the right to do what they want to their property and don't necessarily see… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
As we've focused more on our food and where it comes from, people now have greater awareness of what's being put onto… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
Despite a tenfold increase in the use of pesticides between 1947 and 1974 (in the US), crop losses due to pests have...remained… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people,… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
I'm thinking waiters and waitresses are going to be bracing for more customers coming in going, not just kind of where is… — Michael Moss Copy Share Image
Exposure to some pesticides during infancy, even at very low levels, can lead to serious life-long consequences if the pesticides disrupt hormone-driven… — Charles Benbrook Copy Share Image
Our generation has taken to the cosmetic use of pesticides and I think, perhaps unwittingly, not fully understanding the dangers it represents… — Dalton McGuinty Copy Share Image
“There is rising concern about pesticides, used on plants for food, causing endocrine disruption, meaning that the residual pesticides appear to be… — Daniel G. Amen Copy Share Image
Most of the plants grown to be fed to farm animals are heavily saturated with pesticides and herbicides and have been genetically… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Earth is a living entity. And if it's a living organism, then we have to have a reverence for all life. Food… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
“US cattle also absorb all the herbicides, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers used to grow the feed crops on which they are forced… — Daniel Reid Copy Share Image
