Able Quote by Sam Farr Download Open image “To make agriculture sustainable, the grower has got to be able to make a profit.” — Sam Farr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Able Agriculture Profit
Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense. — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings. — Masanobu Fukuoka Copy Share Image
Farming is not just for growing crops, it is for the cultivation...o f human beings! — Masanobu Fukuoka Copy Share Image
It is only with local [agriculture] that we can manage the complexity and care that sustainability requires. — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
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A sustainable agriculture is one which depletes neither the people nor the land. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
When it is understood that one loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them, the essence of natural farming will be realized.… — Masanobu Fukuoka Copy Share Image
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Industrial agriculture characteristically proceeds by single solutions to single problems: If you want the most money from your land this year, grow the crops… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
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Peace Corps helps promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and non-violent co-existence among people of diverse cultures and systems of government. — Sam Farr Copy Share Image
When I was in the California legislature in the '80s, the organic growers, who were sort of the small hippie farmers in those days,… — Sam Farr Copy Share Image
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