“Quotes”
The family farm If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart. ~Cesar Chavez
Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. ~Doug Larson
As a society, we devalued farming as an occupation and encouraged the best students to leave the farm for ‘better’ jobs in the city. We emptied America’s rural counties in order to supply workers to urban factories. ~Michael Pollan
Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can’t be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy. ~Wendell Berry
Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one. ~Pope John XXIII
Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities. ~Tom Allen
The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. ~Lee Iacocca
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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
The wildest colts make the best horses. ~Plutarch