Encounters Quote by George Monbiot

The soil is the gift of God to the living.

— Thomas Jefferson

Soil is a resource, a living, breathing entity that, if treated properly, will maintain itself. It's our lifeline for survival. When it has finally…

— Marjorie Harris

It helps to think of soil as a living organism covered with skin like a human. We can live with a certain percentage of…

— Allan Savory

Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.

— Aldo Leopold

The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which…

— Wendell Berry

Yet soil is miraculous. It is where the dead are brought back to life. Here, in the thin earthy boundary between inanimate rock and…

— Toby Hemenway

Soil is a living ecosystem, and is a farmer's most precious asset. A farmer's productive capacity is directly related to the health of his…

— Howard Warren Buffett

How dare you treat your soil like dirt!

— Joel Salatin

The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all.

— Wendell Berry

“Organisms we can’t see are accorded the same respect as those that are big and flashy or promise to give a nice immediate kick…

— Judith D. Schwartz

A soil adapted to the growth of plants, is necessarily prepared and carefully preserved; and, in the necessary waste of land which is inhabited,…

— James Hutton

That dark laboratory we call the soil.

— Aldo Leopold