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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.

Starting as a few bands of hunter-gatherers, humanity expanded the food resources afforded by the land a thousandfold through the development of agriculture.

The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.

The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.

As a society, we devalued farming as an occupation and encouraged the best students to leave the farm for 'better' jobs in the city. We emptied America's rural counties in order to supply workers to urban factories.

Civilisation was built around wheat, around people settling down and not being nomadic. Baking is one of the oldest professions.

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

The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That's my idea.