#agriculture

The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings. ↗

— Masanobu Fukuoka

#farming #zen #zen

Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place. ↗

— David R. Brower

#back #bring #diversity #first #made

I wish I could give you all the examples over the last two years as secretary of agriculture, where I hear people in rural America constantly being criticized, without any expression of appreciation for what they do do. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#america #any #appreciation #being #constantly

Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#boy #day #fortune #got #large

More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services - from movies to agriculture to national defense. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#being #businesses #defense #delivered #industries

Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#agriculture #because #been #ensure #eve

The concentration and reciprocal effect of industry and agriculture conjoin in a growth of productive powers, which increases more in geometrical than in arithmetical proportion. ↗

— Friedrich List

#arithmetical #concentration #effect #geometrical #growth

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts. ↗

— James Madison

#agriculture #america #arts #encouraged #had

I always assumed the Department of Agriculture was the farmer and rancher's friend. ↗

— Jerry Moran

#always #assumed #department #farmer #friend

We need to make sure the Department of Agriculture is promoting farmers and ranchers. ↗

— Jerry Moran

#department #farmers #make #need #promoting