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Food Supply Quotes

Protecting what feeds everyone.

These quotes treat the food supply as something worth actively protecting — through national security funding, infrastructure spending on ports and rails, and a more personal push to reconnect kids with fresh, real food.

People in my neighborhood are so disconnected from the fresh food supply that kids don't know an eggplant from a sweet potato. We have to show them how to get grounded in the truest sense of the word.

Quotes by Ron Finley

Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds.

Quotes by Peter R. Grant

Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real.

Quotes by Pat Roberts

I am interested in agricultural corporations and how they function. The idea that they own the genetics of our food supply is a really compelling thing to me.

Quotes by Paolo Bacigalupi

Able Quotes

This president has said this has to be a priority for our nation, protecting our food supply from terrorist acts, so he continues to provide the funding that is necessary.

Quotes by Mike Johanns

I saw 'Food, Inc.' last night - it was like a horror movie. I'm definitely thinking about my food supply now and how I want to grow my own.

Quotes by Lauren Ambrose

Our budget works to reduce and eliminate the risk of attacks at our ports, rails, in the skies, our food supply and roads by allowing for increases in many of the programs and agencies to help protect these important areas...

Quotes by Jim Ryun

Low-cost, high-grade coal, oil and natural gas - the backbone of the Industrial Revolution - will be a distant memory by 2050. Much higher-cost remnants will still be available, but they will not be able to drive our growth, our...

Quotes by Jeremy Grantham

The air that people breathe in many Chinese cities has become dangerously polluted. Their food supply is subject to constant contamination scandals. Now it appears that not merely stagnant ponds but the water people draw from deep underground is already...

Quotes by James Fallows

About Quotes

Farmfree production promises a far more stable and reliable food supply that can be grown anywhere, even in countries without farmland. It could be crucial to ending world hunger.

Quotes by George Monbiot

In a broader sense, the irony in all of this is the single most necessary element for life to exist, in fact, is killing everything, from our ecosystems to potentially our food supply if we're poisoning fish and the foods...

Quotes by Erin Brockovich

The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war.

Quotes by David F. Houston

The global food supply chain is a multitrillion-dollar industry. That's the market we're thinking about disrupting.

Quotes by Arvind Gupta

I'm confident that we have measures in place. And the additional measures that we announced yesterday will be even more protective of our food supply in this country.

Quotes by Ann Veneman

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Food Supply quotes collection about?
It gathers quotes about actively protecting the food supply — national security funding, infrastructure spending on ports and transit, and reconnecting communities with fresh food.
Why would someone search for quotes about the food supply?
Readers writing about policy, public health, or food security often want language that treats the food supply as infrastructure worth defending, not just a personal diet topic.
Does this collection touch on national security concerns?
Yes, one quote names protecting the food supply from terrorist acts as a stated presidential priority, tied to funding decisions rather than speculation.
Is there a more personal, community-level angle here too?
There is — one quote describes a neighborhood so disconnected from fresh food that kids can't identify basic produce, framing food supply as a local, human issue as much as a national one.
Where can I find related quotes about infrastructure and priorities?
Our Announced quotes and Additional quotes both cover nearby ground on planning and public resources.

For more on infrastructure and public priorities, see our Announced quotes. If long-term resource planning interests you, Additional quotes touches nearby ground.