Agriculture Quote by Henry A. Wallace

If a farmer does abandon his or her "tame" fields completely to nature, mistakes and destruction are inevitable.

— Masanobu Fukuoka

This whole effort to rebuild and stabilize a countryside is not without its disappointments and mistakes... What matter though these temporary growing pains when…

— Aldo Leopold

In a small town, residents don't wait for the government or far-flung strangers to take care of their ailing neighbors; they do it themselves.…

— Kim Reynolds

“Healthy soil is contingent on the actions of the animals that live on the land; livestock could be made to act upon the soil…

— Judith D. Schwartz

“...farming takes root in you and crowds out other endeavors, makes them seem paltry. Your acres become a world. And maybe you realize that…

— Kristin Kimball

Capitalist agricultural production prevents the return to the soil of its elements consumed by man in the form of food and clothing; it therefore…

— Karl Marx

“Once land gets in a state, once it begins to deteriorate, it is hard to reverse the process. Land falls sick just like people—that's…

— Brian W. Aldiss

The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible.

— Albert Howard

Men no longer love the soil. Landowners sell it, lease it, divide it into shares, prostitute it, bargain with it and treat it as…

— Tashunka Witko

Soil erosion is as old as agriculture. It began when the first heavy rain struck the first furrow turned by a crude implement of…

— Hugh Hammond Bennett

Too often, parents whose children express an interest in farming squelch it because they envision dirt, dust, poverty, and hermit living. But great stories…

— Joel Salatin

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