#farmers

I went West and took part in the strike of the machinists - the Southern Pacific Railroad, the corporation that swung California by its golden tail, that controlled its legislature, its farmers, its preachers, its workers. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

#controlled #corporation #farmers #golden #i

When I was six years old, my parents took me to this farmers' market with a petting zoo. They put me on a pony and, for some reason, it took off at a run and they had to chase it down. They tell me it was kind of traumatic. ↗

— David Schwimmer

#down #farmers #had #i #kind

In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#anyone #around #because #best #connection

Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply with a variety of federal, state, and local regulations as they grow the crops and raise the livestock that we depend on to feed the nation and the world. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#comply #country #crops #depend #farmers

Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food. ↗

— David Suzuki

#allows #benefits #eat #economic #economic benefits

In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of family farm income comes from farming, and more and more of our farmers are looking elsewhere for their primary source of income. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#comes #elsewhere #family #family farm #farm

Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#farmers #local #many #markets #out

I love the idea that biodiesel has the potential to support farmers, especially the family farms. ↗

— Daryl Hannah

#especially #family #family farms #farmers #farms

In six short years, small business owners and family farmers will once again be assessed a tax on the value of their property at the time of their death, despite having paid taxes throughout their lifetime. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#assessed #business #business owners #death #despite

The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#causes #colony #condition #enterprise #farmers