Frank A. Clark Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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

We've gotten so far away from our food source. It's been hijacked from us. But if you get soil, plant something in it and water it, you can feed yourself. It's that simple.

Instead of buying into the global agenda, which is using food as just industrial stuff, we would say we view food as biological, a living thing, that belongs in smaller communities.

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

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.

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.

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

We have to grow our food differently because industrial farming will soon end. That means growing more food locally on smaller farms with more human attention.

Despite all the hype about local or green food, the single biggest impediment to wider adoption is not research, programs, organizations, or networking. It is the demonizing and criminalizing of virtually all indigenous and heritage-based food practices.

Urban farming is not only possible, it is crucial. But it can't be like the farming techniques of yore.

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.

Locally produced foods - defined as those harvested within a 100-mile radius of one's home - have a lesser impact on the environment because of the decreased need for transportation from source to consumer.

Supermarkets don't really sustain a community, and they completely remove people from the food chain.

Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen.

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.

There are blessings in being close to the soil, in raising your own food even if it is only a garden in your yard and a fruit tree or two. Those families will be fortunate who, in the last days, have an adequate supply of food because of their foresight and ability to produce their own.

I'm perfectly happy to eat organic food, but if I choose to pay more for it, I don't pat myself on the back ethically. Quite the reverse. I think I'm actually being quite greedy, because what I'm doing is essentially saying, 'I want more land to be devoted to growing my food.'

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

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.

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

I find it so exciting to grow your own food.