Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want.

With organic approaches, women - who have been gardeners for millennia and mothers forever - can rise because of their intimate knowledge of nature.

My path has not been smooth. But the great thing about getting to be an elder is that you can look back and see the intense times of confusion and challenge, and see that if you keep walking through them, they can lead to times of great satisfaction and reward.

What is different and exciting is how much we have learned. We learned we were right that we don't need the chemical model of agriculture. We know so much more about the life of soil now and we understand how plants synergistically work together with microbes and animals to create healthy conditions.

[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do right here at home.

The good life is not about avoiding fear. Just the opposite.

I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and I would have no answer.