Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians. Votes: 6
Jacques Yves CousteauFarming is not just for growing crops, it is for the cultivation...o f human beings! Votes: 3
Masanobu FukuokaFarming -- a vocation accursed of heaven, since one never saw a millionaire involved in it. Votes: 3
Gustave FlaubertFarmers are respectable and interesting to me in proportion as they are poor. Votes: 2
Henry David ThoreauFarmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time. Votes: 2
E. W. HoweI grew up in a small farming town called Concord, outside Charlotte in North Carolina. Votes: 2
Skeet UlrichI truly don't judge other people's actions. But I think that factory farming is an abomination. Votes: 2
MobySculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done. Votes: 2
Ruth AsawaOld models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men. Votes: 0
Frances Moore LappéImproving Africa's farming sector would have multiple positive outcomes for African people. Votes: 0
Richard AttiasOrganic farming is about buying out of a corrupt, illegal and dishonest system. Votes: 0
Jerry BrownUnless people can become natural people, there can be neither natural farming nor natural food. Votes: 0
Masanobu FukuokaWe're not going to do a Facebook game aimed at 35-year old women about farming. Votes: 0
Warren SpectorMy label is just "good farming", which isn't something you can put on a t-shirt. Votes: 0
Wendell BerryThe best farming systems are ones where animals and plants are put into a synergistic relationship. Votes: 0
Michael PollanI like to hunt. After baseball, I'll go back and buy some land and do some farming. Votes: 0
Jeremy BondermanIf a kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming, they would never touch meat again. Votes: 0
James CromwellFrom my earliest memories, I loved the farm. My grandfather was a charter subscriber to Rodale's Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine and had a huge, well kept garden with an octagonal chicken house in the corner. Votes: 1 Joel Salatin
I am not saying that factory farming is the same as the Holocaust or the slave trade, but it's clear that there is an immense amount of suffering in it, and just as we think that the Nazis were wrong to ignore the suffering of their victims, so we are wrong to ignore the sufferings of our victims. Votes: 3 Peter Singer
I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs. Votes: 3 Jessica Lynch
Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish. Votes: 1 Ramez Naam
Organic farming appealed to me because it involved searching for and discovering nature's pathways, as opposed to the formulaic approach of chemical farming. The appeal of organic farming is boundless; this mountain has no top, this river has no end. Votes: 4 Eliot Coleman