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- Nov 07, 2020
Farmers Quotes
Lines on the people who work the land.
These quotes speak to the pressures facing farmers today, including the striking claim that hundreds are leaving the profession every week even as others keep fighting on their behalf. Related themes continue in our Farm quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
American farmers and ranchers deserve a USDA that will pursue supportive policies rather than seek their further harm.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I arrived in New York in 1986, when I was 28. The market here was nothing. In the Union Square farmers' market, it was a couple of potatoes, everything from California. So the only place I was comfortable shopping was in Chinatown, because it all came from Hong Kong.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
There wasn't a bigger issue in my campaign than Obamacare. Everyone I talk to, every business, a lot of family farmers, are concerned about how this will affect them.
- Decline
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- Nov 07, 2020
While farmers' markets are booming in cities, actual rural market towns are in decline.
- Crops
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- Nov 07, 2020
The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism.
- Economic Independence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were hunter-gatherers of information, and we moved from that to becoming farmers and cultivators of information.
- Cow
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- Nov 07, 2020
Consumers of meat, eggs and dairy products might well ask what they are supporting. Do farmers care about anyone but themselves? Can't anyone see the cow for the cheese?
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Depend
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of crops depend on labor, but they're done by farmers that don't communicate with one another. They're never in the same room together.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each of us has about 40 chances to accomplish our goals in life. I learned this first through agriculture, because all farmers can expect to have about 40 growing seasons, giving them just 40 chances to improve on every harvest.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Previous generations used to eat locally out of necessity. Without options like flash-freezing and worldwide export services, communities had to rely on local farms for all of their meals. In many ways, this was beneficial. People ate fresh, seasonal foods that were naturally flavorful and nutritious, and farmers and communities prospered.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell their goods. At the very worst they can mostly provide their own food.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020