Culture Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good…

— Cesar Chavez

“Capitalism has turned human beings into commodities. To the owner of a restaurant: the cook and a bag of potatoes are equally important.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a…

— Barton Seaver

... in the present State of America, our welfare and prosperity depend upon the cultivation of our lands and turning the produce of them…

— George Washington

Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do no labor at all, many of whom consume the…

— Adam Smith

The fruits of the earth do not more obviously require labor and cultivation to prepare them for our use and subsistence, than our faculties…

— Isaac Barrow

“Men who have created new fruits in the world cannot create a system whereby their fruits may be eaten. And the failure hangs over…

— John Steinbeck

Our power creates collective production in the service of the people and the revolution, destroys exploiting production, transforms individualistic producers into producers integrated into…

— Samora Machel

“The produce of the soil maintains at all times nearly that number of inhabitants which it is capable of maintaining. The rich only select…

— Adam Smith

“We tend to assign a lesser social value to those whose doing cannot be enslaved into a given output. We should look to them…

— Cole Arthur Riley

Opulent, civilized, and industrious nations, are greater consumers than poor ones, because they are infinitely greater producers.

— Jean-Baptiste Say