#farmers

Washington state's 2nd Congressional District is a major producer of small fruit crops such as raspberries and strawberries. This research center is doing important work to help farmers enhance the quality, yield and marketability of their small fruit crops. ↗

— Rick Larsen

#congressional #congressional district #crops #district #doing

On this National Agriculture Day, when we all should be taking time to thank and pay tribute to America's farmers, ranchers and their families who produce the food for our tables, we are finding those same people in dire need of our help and support. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#america #day #dire #dire need #families

Our farmers and ranchers have never faced as many problems as they do today with drought, range fires, high gas prices and an ever tightening budget on agriculture subsidies. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#budget #drought #ever #faced #farmers

Texas' and America's farmers are suffering. As the Member of Congress representing the 10th Congressional District of Texas, I have traveled throughout our area and have seen first-hand how the drought has affected our agricultural communities. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#agricultural #america #area #communities #congress

I know quite a few farmers all over the United States who have tried this and have said the opposite, that they have to use more herbicides, not less. The same holds true with BT. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#few #herbicides #holds #i #know

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

The farmers in Kansas are sorely in need of a credit system meeting their special requirements, that they may more readily obtain money on short or long time for their farming operations, or that they may become owners of farms. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#credit #farmers #farming #farms #kansas

Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future. ↗

— Bill Gates

#circumstances #economy #ensure #environment #farmers

In the developing world, it's about time that women are on the agenda. For instance, 80 percent of small-subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are women, and yet all the programs in the past were predominantly focused on men. ↗

— Melinda Gates

#africa #agenda #developing #developing world #farmers

White people are drawn to farmer’s markets like moths to a flame. In fact, white people have such strong instincts that if you release a white person into a random Saturday morning they will return to you with a reusable bag full of fruits and vegetables. ↗

— Christian Lander

#food #humor #white-people #food