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Farming Quotes

The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.

The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.

David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1852). “The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch”, p.68

Farming is a profession of hope

Brian Brett (2009). “Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life”, p.16, Greystone Books Ltd

The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.

Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.18, Hackett Publishing

Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.

Edward Dahlberg (1964). “Alms for oblivion: essays”

Farmers are philosophical. They have learned that it is less wearing to shrug than to beat their breasts.

Ruth Stout (1987). “How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening”, Fireside

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.109, Cornell University Press

Factory farming is the attitude that commodifies sentient life.

"Dispatch: Living the Farm Sanctuary Life With Gene Baur" by Miriam Ava, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2015.

Networking is more about farming than it is about hunting.

"MLMs in BNI". "BNI Podcast" with Priscilla Rice, www.bnipodcast.com. July 27, 2011.