There is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song

There is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song

A farmer does not grow something in the sense that he or she creates it. That human is only a small part of the whole process by which nature expresses its being.

I wonder how it is that people's philosophies have come to spin faster than the changing seasons.

The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something.

As far as my planting program goes, I simply broadcast rye and barley seed on separate fields in the fall . . . while the rice in those areas is still standing. A few weeks after that I harvest the rice, and then spread its straw back over the fields as mulch.

The greening of the desert means sowing seeds in people's hearts and creating a green paradise of peace on earth.