#farmers

I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#been #farmers #fighting #food #front

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 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

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

I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods. ↗

— Keira Knightley

#farmers #foods #go #good #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

Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains. ↗

— John Shimkus

#exporter #farmers #feed #grains #illinois

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