Acres Quote by John Moody

The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad.

— John Moody

“As with Britain, growth in the United States started with agriculture. Then, steel, railroads, automobiles, electricity, consumer appliances, telecommunications and chemicals were among the…

— Edward A. Hudson

As a society, we devalued farming as an occupation and encouraged the best students to leave the farm for 'better' jobs in the city.…

— Michael Pollan

If you think about it, many of the great inventions of the last 200 years were designed to replace human labor. Tractors were developed…

— David Autor

There's a big difference between industrializing production of tractors and industrializing production of food. We like technology, but we really like technology that allows…

— Joel Salatin

Agriculture was the first manufacturing industry in America and represents the best of all of us.

— Anonymous

Two hundred years ago, we were all busy farming and we all had a role to play. The home was a unit of production.…

— Peter Buffett

Industrial agriculture freed many people to pursue lives their parents and grandparents could never have. It made America modern.

— Michael Specter

In the early 19th century, when the country was transitioning from an agrarian to an industrial economy, we subsidised transportation and created a national…

— Brian Deese

The agricultural revolution transformed the earth and changed the fate of humanity. It produced an entirely new mode of subsistence, which remains the foundation…

— Robyn Davidson

“Conglomerations of factories gave rise to the new industrial cities. Steam engines were later applied to mobile uses – the railway and steamship ushered…

— Edward A. Hudson

This country has achieved its commercial and financial supremacy under a regime of private ownership. It conquered the wilderness, built our railroads, our factories,…

— George B. Cortelyou