251 Quotes About Agriculture

Humanity knows nothing at all. There is no intrinsic value in anything, and every action is a futile, meaningless effort.

Cultivation of medicinal plants and herbs is yet another profitable agriculture business. If you are have basic knowledge of medicinal plants and you have enough land, then you can earn good profits from its cultivation. At the same time, government also offers subsidies for cultivating medicinal plants.

Agriculture is a country's best kept economic secret.

A village becomes a town when a tomato trades before it reaches the belly.

... it is estimated that approximately 95 percent of agricultural workers in the United States were born in Mexico, 52 percent of them unauthorized

...what I have found... is that I’m more alive and engaged with the edible landscape. For example, when the strawberries, cherries, or black raspberries ripen, it is an exciting moment! Nothing about a lawn is that exciting.

The discovery of Agriculture was the first step toward a civilized life, but the discovery of chemical fertilizers are become the first step towards an uncivilized life.

Agriculture, however, is not and never has been a single monolithic interest in our society. We have always known differences among farmers of different regions, different crops, and different incomes. The difference in the forms of political organization have been determined principally by the manner in which economic differences have been resolved. (pp. 15–16)

A great many of the health and environmental problems created by our food system owe to our attempts to oversimplify nature’s complexities, at both the growing and the eating ends of our food chain. At either end of any food chain you find a biological system- a patch of soil, a human body- and the health of one is connected- literally- to the health of the other.