"To be a successful farmer one must first
know the nature of the soil."
Xenophon of Athens, (431BC – 354BC). Greek historian, philosopher, and student of Socrates.
“To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.”
Mahatma Gandhi
(1869 – 1948)
Indian lawyer and leader.
“The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible.”
Sir Albert Howard
(1873 – 1947)
English botanist and organic farming pioneer.
“Out of the long list of nature’s gifts to man, none is perhaps so utterly essential to human life as soil.”
Hugh Hammond Bennett
(1881 – 1960)
Soil scientist and conservation pioneer.
“A nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1882 – 1945)
32nd President of the United States of America.
“Essentially, all life depends upon the soil…there can be no life without soil and no soil without life: they have evolved together.”
Dr. Charles Kellogg
(1902 – 1980)
Soil Scientist.
“The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all.”
Wendell Berry
(1934 - )
Novelist, poet, environmental activist and farmer.
“Ultimately, the only wealth that can sustain any community, economy or nation is derived from the photosynthetic process – green plants growing on regenerating soil.”
Allan Savory
Zimbabwean biologist, ecologist and livestock farmer. Founder of Holistic Management.
“We can improve soil health much faster than we used to think. It’s just a matter of following the principles of nature.”
Gabe Brown
Pioneer of the soil-health movement in the United States of America.
“Our collective future depends on ecologically sound agricultural practices. Enhancing above and below ground diversity is the key to the restoration of resilient, profitable, environmentally friendly farming.”
Rhonda Daly
Founder YLAD Living Soils NSW, Australia. Certified Humus Compost Consultant.
“to be truly regenerative, a farmer needs to understand that they are a part of the ecosystem, not apart from it.”
Terry McCosker, OAM. Co-founder of RCS, introduced GrazingforProfit™ Schools into Australia.
“It’s not the soil itself, it’s the soil life, that is the most important element.”
Geoff Lawton. Permaculture Consultant Australia.
“EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH YOU CAN USE TO CHANGE THE WORLD.”
Nelson Mandela
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, statesman and philanthropist. President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.