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The history of American agriculture suggests that you can have transformation without a master plan, without knowing all the answers up front.

~Atul Gawande

Topics: Agriculture American Answers Front History Knowing Master Master Plan Plan The History Of Transformation Up Without You

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I have been busy working in order to make agriculture a priority sector not on a small scale, but into an agro-based industry.

~Augustin Matata Ponyo

Topics: Agriculture Been Busy Busy Working Industry Make Order Priority Scale Sector Small Working

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If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: About Activity Agriculture Answer Ask Change Deal Energy Form Global Global Warming Going Good Good Deal Goods Human Human Activity Manufacturing Only Problem Production Rational Transportation Warming Way Which You

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The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Agriculture Arises Crisis Die Energy Environmental Essential Fault Fundamental Industry Make Our People Production Sick Systems Transportation

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With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine.

~Bertrand Russell

Topics: Agriculture Being Entered Freed Introduction Long Long Period Machine Madness Mankind Meanness Misery Now Only Operation Period Which

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In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Agriculture Capitol Illinois Laws State Write

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If you're using first-class land for biofuels, then you're competing with the growing of food. And so you're actually spiking food prices by moving energy production into agriculture.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Actually Agriculture Competing Energy First-Class Food Growing Land Moving Prices Production Then Using You

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In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making.

~Carol P. Christ

Topics: Agriculture Ancient Arts Discovery Europe Inventing Making Old Pottery Respected Roles Weaving Were Women

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It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. Equally, it is impossible to talk about adapting to climate change without considering how we will feed ourselves. And it is out of the question that we can adapt agriculture without conserving crop diversity.

~Cary Fowler

Topics: About Adapt Adapting Agriculture Change Climate Climate Change Co2 Considering Crop Diversity Emissions Equally Feed How Impossible Ourselves Out Question Reducing Slowing Talk Talking Will Without

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We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Agriculture Both Closest Consumers Farm First Food Hazards Health Ourselves Pesticides Production Recognize Serious Were Workers

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