quotations about agriculture
The population of the world is growing and agriculture feeds the world and so if we do the math, there are more mouths to feed and the demand for agriculture products is increasing.... If we're looking at agriculture as an industry, not having skilled people to do the jobs, that is a problem.
DREW COTTON
"Ag industry ready for local college grads", KWQC, March 7, 2016
As mankind becomes more enlightened to know their real interests, they will esteem the value of agriculture; they will find it in their natural--their destined occupation.
BURKE
attributed, Day's Collacon
If you do just one thing--make one conscious choice--that can change the world, go organic. Buy organic food. Stop using chemicals and start supporting organic farmers. No other single choice you can make to improve the health of your family and the planet will have greater positive repercussions for our future.
MARIA RODALE
Organic Manifesto
Agriculture is the undisputed foundation of Nebraska. The economic engine of our state, Nebraska agriculture represents one in every four jobs and over $23 billion in economic impact. The vitality of our rural communities, the conservation of our natural resources, and the protection of our defining culture as Nebraskans is inextricably linked to the success of the 50,000 Nebraska farm families who provide food, fiber and fuel for every Nebraskan and millions more globally.
JOHN KUEHN
"The Right to Farm is fundamental", Beatrice Daily Sun, February 13, 2016
The New Agriculture is not a "way of life" followed by men in bib overalls -- it is a highly integrated profession practiced by professionals who apply modern business techniques, scientific knowledge and mechanical innovations to their operations.
EARL COKE
The New Agriculture
For the sake of humanity it is devoutly to be wished that the manly employment of agriculture and the humanizing benefits of commerce would supersede the waste of war and the rage of conquest; and the swords might be turned into ploughshares, the spears into pruning-hooks, and as the Scripture expresses it, "the nations learn war no more."
GEORGE WASHINGTON
letter to the Marquis de Chastellux, Apr. 25, 1788