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Farms Quotes

On the land that quietly holds everything up.

These quotes treat farms as the quiet backbone of daily life, tied to childhood memory, to the food supply cities depend on, and to a caution that farmland deserves more attention than it gets.

I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm.

Quotes by Emeril Lagasse

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.

Quotes by Donella Meadows

With my support, the House of Representatives recently voted to permanently repeal the death tax so that family farms and businesses can be passed down to children and grandchildren.

Quotes by Doc Hastings

As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved health and well-being, renewable resources, reliable food supply, and relief to the environment.

Quotes by Diane Ackerman

We go to several farms and look at foraging, and throw backyard parties with friends. We want to let people know they can enjoy a sense of Tuscany anywhere.

Quotes by Debi Mazar

The Teen Challenge Training Center on Pennsylvania farmland houses over 200 men in rehab. Other farms and centers have been birthed out of this ministry all over the world.

Quotes by David Wilkerson

I grew up in a neighborhood that was surrounded by farms. There was a horse farm behind me and dairy farms on either side.

Quotes by Chris Carmack

Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments.

Quotes by Bob Goodlatte

My father instilled in me an attitude that you couldn't really enjoy yourself unless you had done something to deserve it. So, my childhood was spent working on farms or local shops or, when I got older, in banks.

Quotes by Ben Elliot

I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.

Quotes by Barbara Kingsolver

I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are working the farms their parents and grandparents worked but aren't living nearly as well.

Quotes by Barbara Kingsolver

After I joined Google and stopped working on robots - I'd built some self-driving tractors on farms in the meantime - I was always tinkering and playing with robots at home and just as a hobby.

Quotes by Anthony Levandowski

In the summer of 1966, I went to Mississippi to be in the heart of the civil-rights movement, helping people who had been thrown off the farms or taken off the welfare roles for registering to vote. While working there,...

Quotes by Alice Walker

Create a garden; bring children to farms for field trips. I think it's important that parents and teachers get together to do one or two things they can accomplish well - a teaching garden, connecting with farms nearby, weave food...

Quotes by Alice Waters

Buy foods from nearby farms and have that food served in the cafeteria.

Quotes by Alice Waters

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the focus of the Farms quotes page?
It's about farmland as the quiet foundation of daily life, tied to childhood memory, food supply, and warnings about neglecting rural land in favor of cities.
Is there a quote about childhood memories on a farm?
Yes, one quote recalls childhood trips to family farms abroad, including fishing and time spent with relatives, as a warm formative memory.
Does this page mention the importance of farmland to cities?
It does, with a quote warning that destroying farms is far more damaging than losing a city, since cities can be rebuilt but ruined land cannot recover as easily.
Is there a quote about improving farm productivity?
Yes, one quote discusses irrigation and fertilization as ways to improve farm yields, while noting real limits to how much photosynthesis itself can be pushed.
What other pages pair with Farms quotes?
Try Family and Food quotes for more on rural roots and sustenance.

Continue with Family and Food quotes on the roots that sustain us.