Acres Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Where soil is, men grow, Whether to weeds or flowers.

— John Keats

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 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

“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

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

— Albert Howard

As a farmer, man himself became closely attached to the landscape, firmly rooted to the soil that supported him. At times the soil seemed…

— Charles Kellogg

In society, in the best institutions of men, it is easy to detect a certain precocity. When we should still be growing children, we…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The kind of soil in your area determines the type of crop you will plant to harvest; The kind of potentials in you will…

— Israelmore Ayivor

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

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

— E. B. White

There are people who may be trusted, men as well as women. There are are as many difference in their natures as there are…

— Elizabeth Aston

To see rich land eaten away by erosion, to stand by as continual cultivation on sloping fields wears away the best soil, is enough…

— Henry A. Wallace