Ron Finley Quotes

It's become more readily apparent that we need to be growing our own food and growing more things organically.

If people grow things themselves, their children understand, then schools in the area know that this community's generating something with its own energy, to consume.

That's a big goal of mine, to try and grow as much of my own food as possible.

An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need.

Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.

I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered. I feed my daughter almost exclusively organic food.

I'm a farmer now, and it's fantastic. My goal is to be totally self-sufficient and grow everything that I eat. There's something about earning your dinner that's cool.

I have fruit trees. Cows for fresh milk, yoghurt. My own wheat. I'm basically self-sufficient.

We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing, we really should.

Permacultures - where you use the immediate environment to grow food - should be mandatory.

I probably grow half my food. It's a good way to keep perspective.

Look at our farmers' markets today, bursting with heritage breeds and heirloom varieties, foods that were once abundant when we were an agricultural nation, but that we have lost touch with. Bringing all these back helps us connect to our roots, our communities and helps us feed America the proper way.

I love the idea of farm to table and farmer's markets. I enjoy a meal more if I know I'm eating something that's good quality and good for me.

I really like the whole urban farming idea, because I grow my own produce in L.A., and I think it's great to teach people here in Manhattan so they can do the same.

Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen. Start building up your larder! We don't even use that term any more.

I grow the vegetables my family eats. I grow enough, and we seldom buy from the market.

The biggest thing you can do is understand that every time you're going to the grocery store, you're voting with your dollars. Support your farmers' market. Support local food. Really learn to cook.

My real emphasis is on the farmers who are taking care of the land, the farmers who are really thinking about our nourishment.

The way you support farmers is by shopping and buying raw ingredients.

I actually just bought a ranch, and I'm going grow as much of my own foods - I've got thirty chickens, and I'm going to try to live as sustainably as possible.

The British have such an odd relationship with food - and the land. I want the public and the Soil Association to see that growing things in a garden is no different to growing things in a field.

Strong communities are built around local, real food. Food we trust to nourish our bodies, the farmer and planet.

Once you engage with the simple enough business of feeding yourself, of soil and water, weather, season and harvest, it becomes personal. It is about you, your family and friends. Food becomes an aspect of those relationships as well as your intimacy with your plot.

We must continue as in millennia past, nourishing the future as we feed ourselves and, each year, plant only the very best of what we have collectively engineered.

I see many youngsters giving up their IT jobs and going to farming or taking up organic farming so that kids in future will stay a bit more healthier. That's one cause I really want to take up.