Quotes About Agriculture

The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and empire. From a race of hunters, artists, warriors, and tamers of horses, we degraded ourselves to what we are now: clerks, functionaries, laborers, entertainers, processors of information

Especially riches pulled from the ground. Two-thirds of all American workers labored on farms, with sweat and muscle the only fuels. "There was no quittin' time and no startin' time," a folk proverb declared. "It was all the time.

Though little, I'll work as hard as a Turk,If you'll give me employ,To plow and sow, and reap and mow,And be a farmer's boy.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger.

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand.

A swarm of bees in MayIs worth a load of hay;A swarm of bees in JuneIs worth a silver spoon;A swarm of bees in JulyIs not worth a fly.

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

Thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing corn.

The earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.

Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

California's a wonderful place to live — if you happen to be an orange.

We are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry.

And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Weed 'em and reap.

Plant carrots in January and you'll never have to eat carrots.

The destiny of nations depends upon the manner in which they feed themselves.

Everywhere the land was covered by thick and tangled forests and there were few tilled fields.

It was in the best interests of Zavala and other counties that we move forward with a farm bill and provide certainty to ranchers, farmers, food banks, and other providers.

The land and agricultural industry is the backbone of Australia, and we need to foster the industry that provides our country with so much.

If you eat, you should be concerned about the people who are providing you with food.

GMOs play a central role in meeting the challenge of providing affordable and nutritious food to consumers all over the world.

My work has gotten more political over time, but once you start exploring food, you find you're up against economics and politics and psychology and anthropology, all of these different things you have to deal with.