Agriculture Quote by Hugh Hammond Bennett

History is largely a record of human struggle to wrest the land from nature, because man relies for sustenance on the products of the…

— Hugh Hammond Bennett

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

Each soil has had its own history. Like a river, a mountain, a forest, or any natural thing, its present condition is due to…

— Charles Kellogg

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

“This leads to drought and runoff, which then causes erosion and floods. However, this situation can be reversed by managing land in such a…

— Judith D. Schwartz

China's use of 'night soil,' as the Chinese rightly call a manure that is collected after dark, is probably the reason that its soils…

— Rose George

That rain is the best which falls steadily on the earth. A sudden and excessive downpour ruins the fields.

— St. Jerome

The earth neither grows old or wears out if it is dunged.

— Columella

Every time it rains, the soil counts every drop to know exactly how many times to thank to God!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Man, especially in our time, has without hesitation devastated wooded plains and valleys, polluted waters, disfigured the earth's habitat, made the air unbreathable, disturbed…

— Pope John Paul II

You reap what you sow, and sometimes the soil can be very dry, and sometimes it will bring a lot of rain.

— Danielle Brooks

The word of God came down to man as rain to soil, and the result was mud, not clear water. (Bistami) Pg. 128

— Kim Stanley Robinson