Agriculture Quote by Nina Fedoroff

“The human population is too large, and the earth too small, to sustain us in the ways our ancestors lived. Most of the land…

— Nina Fedoroff

It's only a slight exaggeration to say we haven't progressed much beyond the invention of agriculture when it comes to our view of the…

— Annalee Newitz

Eventually, humans invented agriculture, which could be understood as a way of turning the natural world into a tool for our use. There's evidence…

— Annalee Newitz

Nevertheless, the number of farmers, small as well as large, who are adopting the new seeds and new technology is increasing very rapidly, and…

— Norman Borlaug

All the companies I've worked for have this deep problem of devolving to something like the hunting and gathering cultures of 100,000 years ago.…

— Alan Kay

“Scholars once proclaimed that the agricultural revolution was a great leap forward for humanity. They told a tale of progress fuelled by human brain…

— Yuval Noah Harari

More than a mere alternative strategy, regenerative agriculture represents a fundamental shift in our culture’s relationship to nature.

— Charles Eisenstein

We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle…

— Diane Ackerman

A reasonable agriculture would do its best to emulate nature. Rather than change the earth to suit a crop... it would diversify its crops…

— Verlyn Klinkenborg

Fertility of the soil is the future of civilization.

— Albert Howard

A recent review of different agricultural options for the future was conducted by a panel of experts. The scientists posed the question: How are…

— Raj Patel

Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality.

— Arthur Keith