Farmer Quotes

Noah

Petr Chelčický

Pier Gerlofs Donia

Ammon Hennacy

A world contrary to God must be kept within bounds by the world's sword. But true Christians love God and their neighbors as themselves; they commit no evil by the grace of God. It is not necessary to compel them to goodness since they know better what is good than the law imposing authority.

Petr Chelčický

Butter, bread, and green cheese: whoever cannot say that is not a true Frisian.

Pier Gerlofs Donia

We really can't change the world. We really can't change other people! The best we can do is to start a few thinking here and there. The best way to do this, if we are sincere, is to change ourselves!

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Nelson Henderson

When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. So he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.

Producing quality compost is the most important job on the organic farm. A lot of the problems I see on farms I visit could be solved by making better compost.

It is probable that the lemon is the most valuable of all fruit for preserving health.

How many of us lobby for green energy or protected lands, but don't engage with the local bounty to lay by for tomorrow's unseasonal reality? That we tend to not even think about this as a foundation for solutions in our food systems shows how quickly we want other people to solve these issues.

The father is the head of the home; the mother is the heart of the home; the children are the reward, the joy and the life of the home.

Sustainable farms are to today's headlong rush toward global destruction what the monasteries were to the Dark Ages: places to preserve human skills and crafts until some semblance of common sense and common purpose returns to the public mind.