Farmer Quotes Quotes

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Brenda Sutton Rose
“I’m not made for city streets. My brogans drop soil from the field behind me, each grain of dirt like a seed revealing who I am. My heart belongs in the country. I’m a farmer, and I was shaped in the fields.”
Brenda Sutton Rose

Mwanandeke Kindembo
“A single farmer can feed the whole town, but no one will ever notice his death. Except when they are feeling hungry again. That's the nature and ingratitude of humanity.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo

Brenda Sutton Rose
“As he farmed, hard labor left his hands callused, the sun bleached his hair, his face leathered, and his heart throbbed with music.”
Brenda Sutton Rose, Dogwood Blues

Brenda Sutton Rose
“I seek him in the landscape of home, in the breeze brushing over rows of crops. I seek him in the seasons of planting and harvesting. A rugged man of the earth, he breathed life into this farm.”
Brenda Sutton Rose

Hope Larson
“Papa always says, you can fix soil, and you can build houses, but there's no point if the land don't have water.”
Hope Larson, Salt Magic

Janisse Ray
“Here in the country, on a little farm in southern Georgia, I am building a quiet life of resistance. I am a radical peasant, and every day I take out my little hammer, and I keep building.”
Janisse Ray, The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food

Vandana  Yadav
“जुआरी भयानक तरीक़े से आशावादी होता है। भविष्य से अनजान वह दांव पर दांव लगाता है। मानव इतिहास का पहला जुआरी किसान था। आज भी उसके जैसा जूआ और कोई नहीं खेलता। कुदरत पर जुआ लगाने वाला वह अकेला प्राणी है जो अपने हौसले की बाजी लड़ाता है।”
Vandana Yadav, शुद्धि

Mehmet Murat ildan
“Who can live without eating? A farmer is a great hero because he fights for our existence! If anyone deserves a medal of existence in a country, that person should be a farmer!”
Mehmet Murat ildan

Brenda Sutton Rose
“My calloused hands tell the story of my life. I’ve loved these fields more than a man can love anything outside his family. I’m a farmer. Engrave it on my headstone: Farmer.”
Brenda Sutton Rose

P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
“A farmer is the first mother for your hunger”
Dr.P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
“God does cry, he knows the farmers' pain for rain”
Dr.P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar