Agriculture Quote by Wendell Berry

The fate of the soil system depends on society's willingness to intervene in the market place, and to forego some of the short-term benefits…

— Eugene Odum

Agriculture is the most destructive industry that we have. More than coal mining and other extractive industries.

— Allan Savory

Essentially, all life depends upon the soil

— Charles Kellogg

Soil is a living ecosystem, and is a farmer's most precious asset. A farmer's productive capacity is directly related to the health of his…

— Howard Warren Buffett

The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible.

— Albert Howard

The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.

— Bono

The most fertile soil does not necessarily produce the most abundant harvest. It is the use we make of our faculties which renders them…

— Anonymous

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

Capitalist agricultural production prevents the return to the soil of its elements consumed by man in the form of food and clothing; it therefore…

— Karl Marx

It helps to think of soil as a living organism covered with skin like a human. We can live with a certain percentage of…

— Allan Savory

The main characteristic of Nature's farming can therefore be summed up in a few words. Mother earth never attempts to farm without live stock;…

— Anonymous

In Kentucky, we're destroying mountains, including their soils and forests, in order to get at the coal. In other words, we're destroying a permanent…

— Wendell Berry