#farmers

I have had the good fortune to see how my articles have directly benefited some farmers and helped build markets for their products in a way that preserves land from development. That makes me a hopeless optimist. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#benefited #build #development #directly #farmers

It is time for Congress to provide relief for tobacco farmers. Since the 1930's tobacco production has been regulated by a quota system, which required farmers to purchase quota in order to grow tobacco. ↗

— Allen Boyd

#congress #farmers #grow #order #production

We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#civilization #farmers #farming #herd #hunters

I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty. ↗

— Bill Gates

#enormous #farmers #firsthand #hunger #i

By furthering the use of ethanol, farmers are presented with the opportunity to produce a cash crop by collecting their agricultural wastes. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#cash #collecting #crop #ethanol #farmers

American farmers and ranchers deserve a USDA that will pursue supportive policies rather than seek their further harm. ↗

— Jerry Moran

#deserve #farmers #further #harm #policies

Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers. ↗

— Jerry Moran

#farmers #i #life #my life #never

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

— Jerry Moran

#department #farmers #make #need #promoting

Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up! ↗

— Rachael Ray

#cheese #diner #eat #everyone #everything

I don't want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live and work with dignity while respecting the environment. ↗

— Dorothy Stang

#any #aspire #battle #better #better life