That we should have an agriculture based as much on petroleum as the soil-that we need petroleum exactly as much as we need food and must have it before we can eat-may seem absurd. It is absurd. It is nevertheless true.


The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture (ed. Counterpoint, 2015) - ISBN: 9781619026964

Wendell Berry Quotes

That we should have an agriculture based as much on petroleum as the soil-that we need petroleum exactly as much as we need food and must have it...

That we should have an agriculture based as much on petroleum as the soil-that we need petroleum exactly as much as we need food and must have it...

That we should have an agriculture based as much on petroleum as the soil-that we need petroleum exactly as much as we need food and must have it...

That we should have an agriculture based as much on petroleum as the soil-that we need petroleum exactly as much as we need food and must have it...