"The history of agriculture is the history of……" — Michael Specter
"The history of agriculture is the history of humans breeding seeds and animals to produce traits we want in our crops and livestock."
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39 Quotes by Michael Specter
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People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free.…
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Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get…
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We are inhabited by as many as ten thousand bacterial species; these cells outnumber those which we consider our own…
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The passengers in our microbiome contain at least four million genes, and they work constantly on our behalf: they manufacture…
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If left untreated, Lyme disease can be crippling, yet it is a difficult illness to contract: a tick needs to…
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I moved from Moscow to Rome with my family and two bicycles in 1998, and spent a lot of that…
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Even a two-degree climb in average global temperatures could cause crop failures in parts of the world that can least…
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Although it may seem callous to say so, millions of Americans are lucky that Magic Johnson was infected with H.I.V.…
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One morning every spring, for exactly two minutes, Israel comes to a stop. Pedestrians stand in place, drivers pull over…
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Much of modern molecular biology and microbiology has been based on the effort to decipher the basic code of life,…
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I have covered wars, before the epidemic began and since. They are all ugly and painful and unjust, but for…
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Why do people refuse to vaccinate their children against measles or whooping cough? In many cases, because they have never…
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The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat.…
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Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas…
— Gary Becker
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Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in…
— Christopher Bond
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Contrasting sharply, in the developing countries represented by India, Pakistan, and most of the countries in Asia and Africa, seventy…
— Norman Borlaug
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There are no miracles in agricultural production.
— Norman Borlaug
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The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the…
— David R. Brower
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The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.
— John Bruton
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Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up…
— Luke Bryan
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I would say my fraternity was nothing but a bunch of farm boys; we weren't really in the whole fraternity…
— Luke Bryan
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Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but…
— William Jennings Bryan
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The family farm is the foundation for who we are as a Commonwealth. And for over a century, the family…
— Jim Bunning
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True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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