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“The Christians seized all the maize the locals of Nicaragua had grown for themselves and their own families and, as a consequence, some twenty or thirty thousand natives died of hunger, some mothers even killing their own children and eating them.”

Children Christian Mother Atheism Thousand Eating Consequence Died Twenties Killing Hunger Positive Atheism Locals Thirty Nicaragua Maize

Author:Bartolome de las Casas

“The Green Revolution focused on the big three - maize, rice and wheat - and the Green Revolution did not adapt the big three to African conditions, other than South Africa, as much as they should have.”

Should Bigs Three Conditions Revolution Should Have Green South Focused South Africa Rice Wheat Green Revolution Maize

Author:Bill Gates

“Even where the land was more receptive, settlers soon learned to take some precautions before planting their vegetables. Maize and pumpkin seeds were soaked in water for several days and then blackened with tar before planting - the most effective way to deter rats, mice and birds.”

Way Water Land Bird Seeds Vegetables Mice Rats Receptive Pumpkin Precaution Settlers Maize

Author:Bee Dawson

“Sorghum is kind of unusual. It can go to very high heats, but it's not as productive in most environments as maize is.”

Kind Environment Heat Productive Unusual Maize

Author:Bill Gates

“So GMOs, who knows? Maybe GMOs will come, they will get maize that produces double. But who knows what else may happen to the maize?”

Knows May Happens Produce Gmos Maize

Author:Wangari Maathai

“For years now I've kind of operated under an informal shopping cycle. A bit like a farmer's crop rotation system. Except, instead of wheat, maize, barley, and fallow, mine pretty much goes clothes, makeup shoes, and clothes (I don't bother with fallow). Shopping is actually very similar to farming a field. You can't keep buying the same thing, you have to have a bit of variety. Otherwise you get bored and stop enjoying yourself.”

Years Kind Bits Enjoy Fields Mines Clothes Shoes Variety Bored Bother Buying Makeup Cycles Farmers Shopping Farming Crops Wheat Rotation Barley Maize

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“Shopping is actually very similar to farming a field. You can't keep buying the same thing, you have to have a bit of variety. Otherwise you get bored and stop enjoying yourself.”

Bits Enjoy Fields Variety Bored Buying Shopping Farming Barley Maize

Author:Sophie Kinsella

“You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree — the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.”

Men World May Grows Tree Greatness Plant Seeds Forests Vain Soil Yams Maize

Book:No Longer at Ease

Source: No Longer at Ease

“During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago”

Source: Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad

“O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!”

Love Hours Land Mines Southern Orange Palms Vines Olives Olive Trees Maize

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“A Song of the good green grass! A song no more of the city streets; A song of farms - a song of the soil of fields. A song with the smell of sun-dried hay, where the nimble pitchers handle the pitch-fork; A song tasting of new wheat, and of fresh-husk'd maize.”

Source: Leaves of Grass: Vol. I-III: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856