It helps to think of soil as a living organism covered with skin like a human. We can … - Allan Savory

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

Allan Savory

It helps to think of soil as a living organism covered with skin like a human. We can live with a certain percentage of our skin damaged, but if too high a percentage is damaged, we die. So, too, does soil and thus most life

Doe, Human, Skin, Skins, Soil, Thinking

Same Author Quotes

Burning one hectare of grassland gives off more, and more damaging, pollutants than 6,000 cars. And we are burning in Africa, every single year, more than one billion hectares.

Inspirational, Motivational, Years, Cars, 6000, Single

Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters. Without agriculture it is not possible to have a city, stock market, banks, university, church or army. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy.

Food, Army, Agriculture, Banks, Stock, Popular

We simulated the predator with livestock and the perennial grassland returned. Just put the whole back, and there it was. You'll find the scientific method never discovers anything. Observant, creative people make discoveries. But the scientific method protects us from cranks like me.

Discovery, People, Creative, Predator, Like, Method

Ultimately, the only wealth that can sustain any community, economy or nation is derived from the photosynthetic process - green plants growing on regenerating soil.

Community, Green Plants, Nation, Plants, Plants Growing, Regenerating

Agriculture is the most destructive industry that we have. More than coal mining and other extractive industries.

Agriculture, Coal, Industry, Industries

Similar Quotes

George W. Bush

We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

Allies, Funny Bush, Hostile, Let, Nation, Terrorist

Ray Bradbury

I believe the universe created us we are an audience for miracles. In that sense, I guess, I'm religious.

Audience, Believe, Guess, Miracle, Miracles, Religious

Oprah Winfrey

Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike.

Dog, Hope, People, Play, Total, Unabashed

David Allen

The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn't come from having too much to do; it's the automatic result of breaking agreements with yourself.

Agreement, Agreements, Anxiety, Breaking, Guilt

Duncan Hunter

Of all the nations in the world, the people of the United States like freedom maybe a little better than anybody else.

Freedom, Maybe, People, United, United States, World