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.
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My real emphasis is on the farmers who are taking care of the land, the farmers who are really thinking about our nourishment.
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.
I maintain that if there is such a thing as a true and honest environmentalist, it's people like Slim and hopefully me, who have been caretakers of the land all our lives, along with the generations before us.
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.
There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them.
As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.
I don't understand the notion that modern farming is anything do to with nature. It's a pretty gross interference with nature.
You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.
Farmers are always conservative. They stick to what they have learned from their fathers and from their grandfathers. This is the same all over the globe.
Environmentalists are a socialist group of individuals that are the tool of the Democrat Party. I'm proud to say that they are my enemy. They are not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.