Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Joel Salatin

Quote by Joel Salatin

“The wealth of any ecosystem is its perennials. The primal herbivore-predator-disturbance-rest dance is literally the breath and pulse of the earth. Grasses recycle oxygen far more efficiently than trees. The turnover is faster. Grass reaches out and turns solar energy into carbon. Tillage hyper-aerates the soil, burning out carbon. But because a plant creates bilateral symmetry at the soil horizon, it sloughs off root mass when the top gets chopped off.”

Quote by Joel Salatin

Create image

Author

Joel Salatin
Joel Salatin

Joel Salatin is an American farmer known for his sustainable agricultural practices and advocacy for organic farming. Born on February 24, 1957, he runs Polyface Farm, a multifunctional agricultural enterprise in Virginia that is renowned for its self-sufficient and eco-friendly production of meats, dairy products, and eggs. more

You May Also Like

“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

JusticeFreedomLibertyVirtueRightsPoliticianGayHuman RightsConservativeVicesDefenseLibertarianPursuitLiberalismLgbtSenatorsModerationConservatismExtremismFreedom And LibertyMemorial DayFreedom LibertyLimited GovernmentReligious ExtremismLimiting GovernmentLibertarian PartyLimited FreedomPolitical WillLiberty And JusticeAmerica FreedomMemorial Day PoemsVice And VirtueLimiting FreedomMemorial Day RemembranceHappy Memorial DayGreat Memorial DayLiberty And Justice For AllMemorial WeekendPolitical WisdomPolitical ExtremismPursuit Of Justice
Author:Barry Goldwater
Create image

“Yet the leaf is the chief product and phenomenon of Life: this is a green world, with animals comparatively few and small, and all dependent on the leaves. By leaves we live. Some people have strange ideas that they live by money. They think energy is generated by the circulation of coins. Whereas the world is mainly a vast leaf colony, growing on and forming a leafy soil, not a mere mineral mass: and we live not by the jingling of our coins, but by the fullness of our harvests.”

PeopleThinkingWorldIdeasEnergyAnimalGrowingStrangeProductsMassGreenPlantMereChiefsSoilDependentLive ByPhenomenonHarvestLeafsCoinsFullnessColonyCirculationMineralsGreen World
Author:Patrick Geddes
Create image

“For the flowers are great blessings. For the Lord made a Nosegay in the meadow with his disciples and preached upon the lily. For the flowers have great virtues for all senses. For the flower glorifies God and the root parries the adversary. For the flowers have their angels even the words of God's creation. For there is a language of flowers. For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.”

MadeLanguageSoundChristLordVirtueCreationFlowerBlessingAngelRootsPlantSensesReasoningWord Of GodDiscipleAdversariesLiliesGlorifyMeadowsGod's Creation
Author:Christopher Smart
Create image

“Two years ago, I was saying as I planted seeds in the garden, "I must believe in these seeds, that they fall into the earth and grow into flowers and radishes and beans." It is a miracle to me because I do not understand it. The very fact that they use glib technical phrases does not make it any less a miracle, and a miracle we all accept. Then why not accept God's miracles?”

YearsBelieveDoeTwoFactsUseEarthFallGrowsAcceptingFlowerYears AgoGardenMiraclePlantSeedsPhrasesTwo YearsWhy NotBeansTwo Years AgoRadishes
Author:Dorothy Day
Create image

“Status Anxiety: A worry, so pernicious as to be capable of ruining extended stretches of our lives, that we are in danger of failing to conform to the ideals of success laid down by our society and that we may as a result be stripped of dignity and respect; a worry that we are currently occupying too modest a rung or are about to fall to a lower one.”

MayHappinessSuccessFallResultsWorryOur LivesFailingDangerAnxietyCapableIdealsDignityOur SocietyModestConformPerniciousDignity And Respect
Author:Alain de Botton
Create image