And of course the Green Party wants to remove carcinogens from our food, our cosmetics, our backyard pesticides. — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
We have to draw the line someplace with all the pesticides being used by the farmers. — John Catsimatidis Copy Share Image
It's important to concede that modern pesticides have helped to make farming more productive and to increase yields. — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
Training of farmers in integrated pest management is exceedingly important to protect them during the use of pesticides. — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
“Pesticides poison the main brain happy hormone or neurotransmitter, acetyl choline.” — Sherry Rogers M.D Copy Share Image
I'm on the road a lot, but I eat healthy whenever I can with foods that don't contain pesticides. — Gretchen Bleiler Copy Share Image
Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal. — Brigitte Bardot Copy Share Image
On one hand, our food is polluted with herbicides and on the other hand by antibiotics. And then we have hormones and… — Paul Craig Roberts 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
What, then, is the effect of pesticides? Pesticides have created a legacy of pain, and misery, and death for farm workers and… — Cesar Chavez 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
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
“The average lawn is an interesting beast: people plant it, then douse it with artificial fertilizers and dangerous pesticides to make it… — Michael Braungart Copy Share Image
“So should we ban or restrict synthetic chemicals until we have a full understanding of their effects? This attractively simple idea is… — Daniel Gardner Copy Share Image
The farmer and the farm, like "the environment," are looked upon, for example, as means to offset trade deficits. The farm is… — Wes Jackson Copy Share Image
One of the signs of the imminent Apocalypse is the "bitterness of all waters," and anyone traveling through eastern Europe, the former… — Marq de Villiers Copy Share Image
“An apple a day might have kept the doctor away prior to the industrialization of food growing and preparation. But, according to… — Michelle Schoffro Cook Copy Share Image
Besides, the sense of safety offered by bottled water is a mirage. It turns out that breathing, not drinking, constitutes our main… — Sandra Steingraber Copy Share Image
“THE ORGANIC FOODS MYTH A few decades ago, a woman tried to sue a butter company that had printed the word 'LITE'… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
If manufacturers are so sure there is nothing wrong with genetically modified foods, pesticides and cloned meats, they should have no problems… — Adam Gollner 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
I'm glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention. — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
In general, I try to eat food without added hormones and pesticides, but I'm not so strict that I won't have a… — Missy Peregrym Copy Share Image
“What if the mosquitos are converting the pesticide to a weak form of pyrethrums, a poison to people?” — James Frazee Copy Share Image
Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per-billion of pesticide residues — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
I don't prefer to fill my body with antibiotics, pesticides, steroids, and growth hormones - my body is my temple, and I… — Suzanne Whang Copy Share Image
The final principle of natural farming is NO PESTICIDES. Nature is in perfect balance when left alone. — Masanobu Fukuoka Copy Share Image
