Quotes about Farmers

As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them. Votes: 4

Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen. Votes: 4

Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country. Votes: 4

We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting. Votes: 4

Farmers buy a lot of computers. Votes: 3

Farmers spend more time at Conventions than they do plowing. Votes: 3

Farmers' markets are one of my favourite sources for Christmas goodies. Votes: 3

I'm feeling optimistic about rural Pakistan. Farmers are making good money. Votes: 3

Farmers are the only indispensable people on the face of the earth. Votes: 3

Farmers have more Associations, and Bureaus, and Clubs, than they have pitchforks. Votes: 3

Farmers are respectable and interesting to me in proportion as they are poor. Votes: 3

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time. Votes: 3

Farmers, get out your sense of humor. Congress meets to relieve you again next week. Votes: 3

Farmers have about given up hope of getting farm relief and have decided to fertilize instead. Votes: 3

Farmers were always generalists. They had to know science and commerce and all sorts of practical things. Votes: 3

Farmers are philosophical. They have learned that it is less wearing to shrug than to beat their breasts. Votes: 3

Farmers...can no longer keep up with rising demand; thus the outlook is for chronic scarcities and rising prices. Votes: 3

Wish all the Farmers would move to town one year, that's the only way I know to clear the thing up. Votes: 3

The most conventional customs cling to the table. Farmers who wouldn't drive a horse too hard expect pie three times a day. Votes: 3

It rained in the Middle West. Farmers are learning that the relief they get from the sky beats what they get from Washington. Votes: 3

I haven't seen a tractor working all day. The country has gone sane and got back to horses. Farmers all look worse, but they feel better. Votes: 3

Farmers in America ... are pretty large in general. Their farms are also large. But farmers in the rest of the world are quite skinny, and that's because they're starving. Votes: 3

The president says, 'There is lots of people worse off than the Farmers.' I don't know who it could be unless it is the fellow who holds the Mortgages on the Farms. Votes: 3

Farmers scrape a living out of that cold earth, planting on sheltered slopes facing south, combing the yama for fleece, carding and spinning and weaving the prime wool, selling pelts to the carpet-factories." Votes: 3

The government says they have loaned over One Billion dollars to the Farmers. In other words, we can't help you make any money, but we will show you where you can owe some more. Votes: 3

Farmers and people who make a living from the land are finding it impossible to survive. So the first step is to get out of that place. Come to the city where there are opportunities. Votes: 3

Farmers are patient men. They got to be. Got to see those seeds come up week by week, fraction by fraction, and sweat it out for some days not knowing yet is it weeds or vegetables ... Votes: 3

Farmers present by themselves the basic force of the national movement. Without farmers there can be no strong national movement. This is what we mean when we say that the nationalist question, is actually, the farmers' question. Votes: 3

Farmers the world over, in dealing with costs, returns and risks, are calculating economic agents. Within their small, individual, allocative domain, they are fine-tuning entrepreneurs, tuning so subtly that many experts fail to recognize how efficient they are. Votes: 3

Farmers, merchants, manufacturers, and the traveling public have all had their troubles with the transportation lines, and the difficulties to which these struggles have given rise have produced that problem which is even now apparently far from solution. Votes: 3

Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply with a variety of federal, state, and local regulations as they grow the crops and raise the livestock that we depend on to feed the nation and the world. Votes: 3

Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply with a variety of federal, state, and local regulations as they grow the crops and raise the livestock that we depend on to feed the nation and the world Votes: 3

Chefs are at the end of a long chain of individuals who work hard to feed people. Farmers, beekeepers, bakers, scientists, fishermen, grocers, we are all part of that chain, all food people, all dedicated to feeding the world. Votes: 3

You're never going to go. Why would you go? It's a disgusting place. It's always wet even when it's dry. There's nothing there. Farmers aren't really people, you know this. They're just necessary, we need somebody to kill cows. Votes: 3

Former brownfields, depressed urban areas, and hard-hit rural towns blossom as eco-industrial parks, green enterprise zones, and eco-villages. Farmers' markets, community co-ops, and mobile markets get fresh, organic produce to the people who can't afford to shop at health-food stores. Votes: 3

Farmers are philosophical; they have learned that it is less wearing to shrug than to beat their breasts. But there is another angle to their attitude. Things happen rapidly in the country; something new always comes along to divert them and it isn't necessarily another calamity. Votes: 3

Woods are grim places. Farmers shoot squirrels, crows, magpies, and hang them up on trees to warn Mother Nature to get it together or else. Much notice she takes, being in league with God. They're a right pair, more carnage than the rest of us put together. Votes: 3

You have but little more to do than throw up your cap for entertainment these American days.... Farmers' sons will stare by the hour to see a juggler draw ribbons from his throat, though he tells them it is all deception. Surely, men love darkness rather than light. Votes: 3

The chief problem of low-income farmers is poverty. Votes: 2

Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen. Votes: 2

We are all farmers tending a little part of the Lord's vineyard. Votes: 2

Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, like other farmers, flourish and complain. Votes: 2

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer. Votes: 2

We're still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers are quitting every week. Votes: 2

When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. Votes: 2

More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013. Votes: 2

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus. Votes: 2

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country. Votes: 2

My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner. Votes: 2

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn. Votes: 2

There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age. Votes: 2

Agriculture looks different today - our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet. Votes: 2

If you live in the countryside, you understand that hunting isn't just for toffs. It's for the farmers. It's for everyone's enjoyment. Votes: 2

There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers' wives. Votes: 2

The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways. Votes: 2

Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, you're just drawing like a farmer and you don't know why. Votes: 2

Our farmers and ranchers have never faced as many problems as they do today with drought, range fires, high gas prices and an ever tightening budget on agriculture subsidies. Votes: 2

In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around. Votes: 2

I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered. I feed my daughter almost exclusively organic food. Votes: 2

I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do. Votes: 2

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it. Votes: 2

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization. Votes: 2

My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity. Votes: 2

Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic. Votes: 2

If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life. Votes: 2

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment. Votes: 2

Each of us has about 40 chances to accomplish our goals in life. I learned this first through agriculture, because all farmers can expect to have about 40 growing seasons, giving them just 40 chances to improve on every harvest. Votes: 2

I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I'm with the blacks, because we're white trash. Votes: 2

I'm glad I don't have to make a living farming. Too much hard work. Too many variables you don't have control over, like, is it going to rain? All I can say is, god bless the real farmers out there. Votes: 2

Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners. Votes: 2

In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of family farm income comes from farming, and more and more of our farmers are looking elsewhere for their primary source of income. Votes: 2

I don't want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live and work with dignity while respecting the environment. Votes: 2

Every time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him on the tax rolls and make him a taxpayer. A farmer on subsidies is part welfare bum, whereas a free-market farmer is a small businessman with a gun. Votes: 2

The food system is not a free market. In this country, we impose reasonably high standards of animal welfare - but we haven't applied the same standards to food we import, so all we're really doing is exporting cruelty from Britain elsewhere, and at the same time undermining our farmers. Votes: 2

Most cooks try to learn by making dishes. Doesn't mean you can cook. It means you can make that dish. When you can cook is when you can go to a farmers market, buy a bunch of stuff, then go home and make something without looking at a recipe. Now you're cooking. Votes: 2

In Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, the government in a matter of years has put a lot of energy behind recycling food waste as livestock feed. It's environmentally friendly, it provides cheap livestock feed for the farmers in those parts of the world, and it avoids sending the food waste to landfill. Votes: 2

Now that my wine has been served in the White House, why not me? Who could talk to farmers better than I? Somebody even asked me the other day if I had anything in my platform about taxes. 'Hell yes,' I said. 'Great state. But I wouldn't want to live there.' Votes: 2

It was among farmers and potato diggers and old men in workhouses and beggars at my own door that I found what was beyond these and yet farther beyond that drawingroom poet of my childhood in the expression of love, and grief, and the pain of parting, that are the disclosure of the individual soul. Votes: 2

The cottages erected by farmers or by landlords are now, one and all, fit and proper habitations for human beings; and I verifly believe it would be impossible throughout the length and breadth of Wiltshire to find a single bad cottage on any large estate, so well and so thoroughly have the landed proprietors done their work. Votes: 2

If you've ever noticed, beauty pageants are a lot like county fairs. The farmers show the cows the same way. They walk their prized Jersey cow across a stage in front of an audience with judges, and maybe the cow even twirls around a couple of times. Then the winning cow gets a satin ribbon draped over it, which has the title and the year on it. Votes: 2

Parity is for farmers. Votes: 0

The farmers are the founders of civilization. Votes: 0

ours are the only farmers who can read Homer Votes: 0

Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you. Votes: 0

I've got to find local farmers and get natural foods. Votes: 0

NASCAR is a bunch of farmers driving around in circles. Votes: 0

I want to empower farmers to expand their market share. Votes: 0

Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate. Votes: 0

I've heard that sometimes farmers out in the field ... hear voices... Votes: 0

The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers. Votes: 0

I think we should keep the grain and export the farmers. Votes: 0

Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains. Votes: 0

Without animals, something essential is removed from the minds of the farmers. Votes: 0

I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers. Votes: 0

I come from a family of farmers on both sides of my family. Votes: 0

There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers. Votes: 0

What is interesting to me about Vikings is that they were failed farmers. Votes: 0

For me, summer hasn't really started until tomatoes reappear in local farmers' markets. Votes: 0

What you farmers need to do is raise less corn and more Hell. Votes: 0

We need to make sure the Department of Agriculture is promoting farmers and ranchers. Votes: 0

I take my kids to a farmers' market each Sunday to buy organic produce. Votes: 0

I planted a plant in the midst of spies, who were disguised as farmers. Votes: 0

Chapter 11 is an expensive process that does not accommodate the special needs of farmers. Votes: 0

While farmers' markets are booming in cities, actual rural market towns are in decline. Votes: 0

A society without firearms is, in the end, a society of dim-witted, collectivist bean farmers. Votes: 0

Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada. Votes: 0

We must enable farmers to feed India and the world; and earn a good livelihood. Votes: 0

I think about sustainability all the time, whether it's with fish or farmers in Eastern Oregon. Votes: 0

Rotation of crops and less automobiles will relieve the farmers whenever they decide to try it. Votes: 0

What farmers gain most of all from the increase in agricultural productivity, of course, is choice. Votes: 0

I love the idea that biodiesel has the potential to support farmers, especially the family farms. Votes: 0

We have to draw the line someplace with all the pesticides being used by the farmers. Votes: 0

We will link farmers to global markets. We will give the world the Taste of India. Votes: 0

Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers. Votes: 0

The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone? Votes: 0

We will be soldiers, so our sons may be farmers, so their sons may be artists Votes: 0

I don't know how the poor farmers deal with such situations in real life. It's really sad. Votes: 0

I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods. Votes: 0

Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up. Votes: 0

We were hunter-gatherers of information, and we moved from that to becoming farmers and cultivators of information. Votes: 0

Vegetable box schemes, local greengrocers, farmers' markets and organic stores are a great place to source package-free foods. Votes: 0

Prosperous farmers make for a prosperous nation, and when farmers are in trouble, the nation is in trouble. Votes: 0

We need to create incentives for our ranchers and farmers to manage their lands to maximize carbon sequestration. Votes: 0

While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman. Votes: 0

Population growth is exceeding farmers' ability to keep up...Our oldest enemy, hunger, is again at the door. Votes: 0

American farmers and ranchers deserve a USDA that will pursue supportive policies rather than seek their further harm. Votes: 0

The farmers are older; they are under financial stress to produce more margins, yet they keep getting less. Votes: 0

I find virtue to be found amongst the farmers of the country alone, not about courts, where courtiers dwell. Votes: 0

The factory farm has succeeded by divorcing people from their food, eliminating farmers, and ruling agriculture by corporate fiat. Votes: 0

It is said that water is for cattle and farmers, that milk is for children and blood for men. Votes: 0

I dream of a Digital India where farmers are empowered with real-time information to be connected with Global Markets. Votes: 0

Neither the entrepreneurs nor the farmers nor the capitalists determine what has to be produced. The consumers do that. Votes: 0

When I'm in Los Angeles, my wife and I go to the farmers' market with the kids every Sunday. Votes: 0

Essentially, we have a system where wealthy farmers feed the poor crap and poor farmers feed the wealthy high-quality food. Votes: 0

Alabama farmers want a chance to complete fairly in Japan, but they can't if the Japanese won't let us in. Votes: 0

Close interaction with farmers and scientists can expose the chef to new flavours that can be used to delight diners. Votes: 0

Empowering small farmers to increase productivity, improve crop quality and access reliable markets is critical to addressing global hunger and poverty. Votes: 0

When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control, we need to do something to help. Votes: 0

Eliminating the death tax is particularly important for the many small business owners and family farmers that call Central Washington home. Votes: 0

There is no reason, in a free society, that farmers shouldn't be allowed to raise hemp. Hemp is a good product. Votes: 0

My buddies wanted to be firemen, farmers or policemen, something like that. Not me, I just wanted to steal people's money! Votes: 0

The Lord gave us farmers two strong hands so we could grab as much as we could with both of them. Votes: 0

I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to cost more. Votes: 0

By furthering the use of ethanol, farmers are presented with the opportunity to produce a cash crop by collecting their agricultural wastes. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, the only recognized relics of yesterday's farmers are obsolete curiosities when the greatest relic, their philosophy of living, is seldom considered. Votes: 0

When I first met with agents, they said, "Okay, you're going to play plumbers and mechanics and bus drivers and farmers. Go." Votes: 0

It is unthinkable to have a British countryside that doesn't have actual functioning farmers riding tractors, cows in fields, things like that. Votes: 0

I am a fisherman among farmers, and as a farmer what I grow is tired of waiting for her to love me. Votes: 0

Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers. Votes: 0

In the late 19th century, the Populists - a protest movement of mainly disaffected farmers and workers - threatened to overturn established authority. Votes: 0

Trees and soils can absorb carbon dioxide released by fossil fuel burning. It would be great to subsidize responsible farmers and forest managers. Votes: 0

California Marijuana farmers are worried that radiation from Japan could affect their crops. Or maybe for some strange reason they're just being paranoid. Votes: 0

Reducing trade barriers with this key ally will go a long way toward increasing market access for American farmers, manufacturers and service providers. Votes: 0

Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen. Start building up your larder! We don't even use that term any more. Votes: 0

My parents were farmers' kids from South Dakota. My dad was an engineer. I wanted to be responsible and major in something pragmatic. Votes: 0

There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources. Votes: 0

Choose to patronise your local farmers; as eaters, you need to demand a different type of food. Appreciate the pigginess of the pig. Votes: 0

My real emphasis is on the farmers who are taking care of the land, the farmers who are really thinking about our nourishment. Votes: 0

There's a billboard in a little farm town in the Midwest that says: IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FARMERS, DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL. Votes: 0

American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism. Votes: 0

This country has not been made by politicians, kings or governments. It has been made by farmers, labourers, our mothers and sisters and youth. Votes: 0

From my standpoint, coca should be neither destroyed nor completely legalized. Farming should be controlled by the state and by the coca farmers' unions. Votes: 0

The government should stop meddling in the business of the farmers, who would actually still be living ina desert if not for government meddling. Votes: 0

Factory farmers talk about their desire to feed the world. That's not what they're doing. They're feeding the world with really, really cheap stuff. Votes: 0

American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism. Votes: 0

Tobacco farmers would say, "Look, I'm just trying to make a living and feed my family." Nevertheless, tobacco is incredibly harmful and kills people. Votes: 0

I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty. Votes: 0

I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work - for example a lawnmower. Votes: 0

A lot of crops depend on labor, but they're done by farmers that don't communicate with one another. They're never in the same room together. Votes: 0

When you meet the farmers and go to the farms, you see that they treat their animals like they're family. It makes a big difference. Votes: 0

You talk to the farmers, the ranchers, our small community bankers, and boy, one of the No. 1 issues is the regulations coming out of Washington. Votes: 0

Our primary identity has become that of being consumers – not mothers, teachers, or farmers, but of consumers. We shop and shop and shop. Votes: 0

This campaign not only hears the voices of the entrepreneurs and the farmers and the entrepreneurs, we hear the voices of those struggling to get ahead. Votes: 0

If shoppers looked at crooked carrots, misshapen potatoes, slightly dinged apples or too-small peaches and thought, wow, that looks delicious, imagine the benefits for struggling farmers. Votes: 0

There is a growing market today for local, organic foods produced by small farmers. And farmers' markets have played a large role in making that happen. Votes: 0

We hope that the plain people - the labourers and small farmers - will take this opportunity of coming together and working out the National programme. Votes: 0

To achieve a Green Revolution, African farmers, must have access to land and security of tenure. They also need access to markets, technology and improved infrastructure. Votes: 0

Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Votes: 0

In 1997, the National Bankruptcy Review Commission recommended that chapter 12 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the chapter that contains bankruptcy protection for family farmers, be made permanent. Votes: 0

Whether its veterans disability claims, infrastructure projects, dam safety, or helping our farmers, what I am focused on is being useful for folks in the Hudson Valley. Votes: 0

Whether it's veterans' disability claims, infrastructure projects, dam safety, or helping our farmers, what I am focused on is being useful for folks in the Hudson Valley. Votes: 0

I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical, it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear. Votes: 0

A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed to each and every citizen. Votes: 0

Early 1900s Hollywood was full of farmers battling to hold onto their land against a new influx of filmmakers who dug Hollywood's reliable weather and diverse landscape. Votes: 0

I want you to know that farmers are not going to be secondary thoughts to a Bush administration. They will be in the forethought of our thinking. Votes: 0

Iowa is home to teachers, farmers, lawyers, factory workers, and many others who work hard every day to provide the best for their families and their future. Votes: 0

Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers. Votes: 0

We recognize that the majority of people who are food-insecure or hungry in the world live in rural areas. And most of them are small holder subsistence farmers. Votes: 0

I never want to feel like I've achieved my goal. It's like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it's a good season. They feel like they'll be punished. Votes: 0

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. Votes: 0

Maybe we need to re-engage our smart, energetic youth around the world to be farmers and find fresh, green technologies that will feed the world more fresh greens. Votes: 0

The Anglo-Saxon farmers had scarce conquered foothold, stronghold, freehold in the Western wilderness before they became sowers of hemp--with remembrance of Virginia, with remembrance of dear ancestral Britain. Votes: 0

Generally I'm very supportive of farmers. I think the wider Australian population is also. The animal justice fund is focusing on factory-farmed animals and where they're being mistreated. Votes: 0

Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future. Votes: 0

Haitian rice farmers are quite efficient, but they can't compete with U.S. agribusiness that relies on a huge government subsidy, thanks to Ronald Reagan's free market enthusiasms. Votes: 0

We decided long ago that we didn't want Chipotle's success to be tied to the exploitation of animals, farmers, or the environment, but the engagement of our customers. Votes: 0

Sometimes film is just the family business. Some families are generations of carpenters or farmers, or they make clothes, or they're all lawyers. I'm in the family business. Votes: 0

The labour of the farmers, no doubt is of greater value than the financial capacity of the government and non-government institutions which can only play a supportive role. Votes: 0

For the first time on Planet Earth (in 1964 America), a nation was made up of more college students than farmers. An unheard-of 42% of high school graduates sought higher education. Votes: 0

You have to bring to the photograph a prejudice about something, and I'm prejudiced against farmers who tie dead animals on fences. Therefore, I can make a meaningful photograph. Votes: 0

My father was what you would call a cowboy, a vaquero; he worked out in the ranches with cattle. And my mother came from farmers down in the valley. Votes: 0

Consumers of meat, eggs and dairy products might well ask what they are supporting. Do farmers care about anyone but themselves? Can't anyone see the cow for the cheese? Votes: 0

No one is born a Communist... in the Soviet Union farmers keep on looking in the barn for their horses even after they have given them to the collective. Votes: 0

It has become a fashion to declare a package after every crisis. The time has come to pack those who keep giving these packages that don't reach the farmers. Votes: 0

Federal overreach from agencies like the EPA is hurting family farms. I will fight against these crippling regulations, and always side with the hard working farmers and ranchers of Missouri. Votes: 0

I'm really all about clean eating, lots of fruits and vegetables. It's great, because in California, there are so many farmers' markets, so I always have plenty of fresh produce. Votes: 0

If we make it national policy that we will support small farmers the way we support agribusiness, we'll suddenly see it change in terms of the cost of organic food. Votes: 0

The system of seeds based on monoculture is wrong and inappropriate. The biodiverse system has produced more food, and biodiversity means that seeds must be in the hands of farmers. Votes: 0

I grew up among farmers in Illinois and so you always have to have the tools you might need in the eventuality of a flat tire or a broken window. Votes: 0

As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to their work and have written about the role of agriculture in American innovation. Votes: 0

Diesel fuel is too important to our farmers at harvest time and to the truckers delivering commerce across Nebraska to allow a bureaucratic hurdle to slow the delivery of fuel. Votes: 0

Throughout high school, I peddled my eggs, had a vendor stand at the local curb market - precursor to today's farmers' markets - and competed in 4-H contests and interscholastic debate. Votes: 0

One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral qualities of workers, farmers and craftsmen. Votes: 0

Lips half-willing in a doorway. Lips half-singing at a window. Eyes half-dreaming in the walls. Feet half-dancing in a kitchen. Even the clocks half-yawn the hours And the farmers make half-answers. Votes: 0

Congress must make it clear that common animal waste will not expose farmers to liability under Superfund, while ensuring continued action to clean up legitimate hazardous waste sites around the nation. Votes: 0

A technological revolution on the farm has led to an output explosion--but we have not yet learned to harness that explosion usefully, while protecting our farmers' right to full parity income Votes: 0

As a physician, I recommend nutritious hemp seeds and oil to anyone interested in maintaining a healthy diet. Everyone will benefit when American farmers can grow this amazing crop once again. Votes: 0

We do participate in the government programs, like probably 95 percent of farmers do. People who aren't familiar with the agriculture industry, you know, try and make that look like something exceptional. Votes: 0

Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food. Votes: 0

Why don't we pay more attention to who our farmers are? We would never be as careless choosing an auto mechanic or babysitter as we are about who grows our food. Votes: 0

The better the ingredients, the more farmers I can buy from, the closer I feel to the food I want to make that represents what I care about as a chef. Votes: 0

Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy. Votes: 0

I'm a compassionate person, so if a product is 15 percent more than what I typically pay, and I see the purpose, I'll foster that kind of sustainability for the farmers/fishers. Votes: 0

In future, lots of things will be made from beans and fibres grown on the farmers' fields. This new science is called chemurgy. Plastics, for industry, will come from the soil. Votes: 0

I think a stalwart peasant in sheep-skin coat, born on the soil, whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations, with a stout wife and a half dozen children, is good quality Votes: 0

For all-around, everyday, all-season wear, farmers can't be beat. They are inclined to chafe under the burden of leisure (a minor vexation on the farm), but they thrive on neglect and adversity. Votes: 0

We will proceed with current land reform with or without sanctions, ... Let that position be known here and abroad and let the commercial farmers tell that to their constituency or constituencies overseas. Votes: 0

In New England, farmers say, "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute!" Meaning, of course, that New England weather is constantly changing. This is like the brain and its mind. Votes: 0

The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa. Votes: 0

While expanding market access for American industry, financial markets and farmers is critical, I believe it needs to be done responsibly, accounting for the treatment and protection of workers and the environment. Votes: 0

The classic Italian green sauce, salsa verde, is easy to make and especially nice in the spring when bunches of fresh herbs start appearing in the farmers market or in your garden. Votes: 0

The Time It Never Rained was inspired by actual events, when the longest and most severe drought in living memory pressed ranchers and farmers to the outer limits of courage and endurance. Votes: 0

To keep farmers on the farm we must maintain a strong farm safety net, but we will also have to build a thriving companion economy to compliment production agriculture in rural America. Votes: 0

Go to the grocery store and buy better things. Buy quality, buy organic, buy natural, go to the farmers market. Immediately that's going to increase the quality of the food you make. Votes: 0

We want to create a society in which our workers and farmers can afford to appear in handsome attire and enjoy a good life and health; we want this kind of society. Votes: 0

When I visited Vietnam for Oxfam, the thing that really struck me was how the local farmers had to prepare to evacuate or climb to their mezzanines with their valuable family possessions. Votes: 0

Sometimes I feel people think I live on a commune but I don't. We are all solar, though. There are no power lines. It's mostly farmers, so everyone who has tractors uses bio-diesel. Votes: 0

Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic. Votes: 0

All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate peoples into a state of poverty, especially farmers, working-class people, and the very poor. Votes: 0

I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog. Votes: 0

The biggest thing you can do is understand that every time you're going to the grocery store, you're voting with your dollars. Support your farmers' market. Support local food. Really learn to cook. Votes: 0

Christianity began as a religion of the poor and dispossessed - farmers, fishermen, Bedouin shepherds. There's a great lure to that kind of simplicity and rigor - the discipline, the call to action. Votes: 0

Supporting local farmers is important to me, which is not only good for the local economy and better for the environment, there is evidence that eating locally grown food strengthens your immune system. Votes: 0

Up and down the the still sparsely settled coast of British North America, groups of men-intellectuals and farmers, scholars and merchants, the learned and the ignorant-gathered for the purpose of constructing enlightened governments. Votes: 0

If you would try out a preacher, send him to preach to farmers: if he cannot make the grade there, let him reconsider his call - or maybe he needs to be converted. Votes: 0

What farmers require is, that the prices should be moderate, and the markets steady and for this reason I did, in 1826, 1827, and 1828, take the course which I would now recommend to the House. Votes: 0

There's nothing like castrating 20 pigs before lunch. I did that during school whenever the need arose. They'd call out the agricultural class and put us in trucks to go help the local farmers. Votes: 0

Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up! Votes: 0

It was Sunday morning (one a.m.), a not unusual time for some farmers, after a late Saturday night, to have a look round their stock and decide to send for the vet. Votes: 0

We need real farmers who grow real food, and the will to reform a broken food system. And for that, we need not only to celebrate farmers, but also to advocate for them. Votes: 0

With the permanent elimination of this tax, farmers and business owners will have the sense of security they need to plan for the financial future of their business or farm and their family. Votes: 0

Agribusiness and food processing are important parts of modernizing our economy, of modernizing our agriculture and moving into a phase where a more modernized agriculture helps not only farmers but also helps consumers. Votes: 0

USDA is committed to keeping pace with the needs and progress of American agriculture by supporting new markets and movements that will keep farmers profitable and help create middle class jobs across the country. Votes: 0

With the increasing price levels, the farmers are benefiting. Dal, atta, vegetables have all become expensive. I am happy with this price rise. The more the prices rise the better it is for farmers Votes: 0

It is time for Congress to provide relief for tobacco farmers. Since the 1930's tobacco production has been regulated by a quota system, which required farmers to purchase quota in order to grow tobacco. Votes: 0

The act of eating is very political. You buy from the right people, you support the right network of farmers and suppliers who care about the land and what they put in the food. Votes: 0

With the strong bipartisan rejection of the Dorgan amendment today, the Senate cast a vote in favor of the U.S. working to knock down unfair trade barriers that hurt American business and farmers Votes: 0

Late 19th-century populists saw bankers and industrialists manipulating markets to enrich themselves at the expense of small farmers and labourers and favoured political candidates promising economic relief through free and unlimited coinage of silver. Votes: 0

When it comes to wheat, my main goal is to inform people, including farmers, that the prevailing notion that cutting fat and eating whole grains will make you healthy is not only wrong, it's destructive. Votes: 0

No prince had lived in those wretched hovels, no red-robed bishops, only farmers and laborers whose stories no one had written down, and now they were lost, buried under wild thyme and fast growing spurge. Votes: 0

What we preach is what we get. We are farmers sowing seed. If we are unhappy with the harvest we're reaping, we should sow different seed. If we want different results, we preach different messages. Votes: 0

I know quite a few farmers all over the United States who have tried this and have said the opposite, that they have to use more herbicides, not less. The same holds true with BT. Votes: 0

Acting is a tough, difficult job with long unsociable hours, although it can be a brilliant job, too. I don't want to complain too much, as nurses, farmers and teachers are out working long hours. Votes: 0

People should go to their local grocery store or farmers' market and buy ugly, misshapen foods, then cook with them and document their dishes. And share not only the funny-looking foods, but the fantastic results. Votes: 0

As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell their goods. At the very worst they can mostly provide their own food. Votes: 0

The food system is a very complex beast. There are people who are going to get their food at Wal-Mart or at Safeway; they're not going to the farmers' market. Those people need choices too. Votes: 0

To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and Americas long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill. Votes: 0

To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and America's long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill. Votes: 0

There are a lot of farmers and ranchers who are struggling. I get on my knees every day. If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it. Votes: 0